*****
Zunächst war der Song wohl für einen Chris Gentry bestimmt, dann weitete sich sein Bestimmungspotential wie von allein aus, Dennis Hopper, Johnny Cash, Norman Norwood, 'Funky' Donny Fritt u. A. alles bekannte Leute des Showgewerbes, die mit Hilfe von Drogen, Alkohol u.ä. aufgrund ihres Eigensinns unter die Räder gekommen sind. Warum eigentlich nicht Ray Charles?
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See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
Which he spent like they was goin' outa style
And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down
He's a poet, he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars,
And losin' all he's loved along the way
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
And all he ever gets is older and around
From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
The goin' up was worth the comin' down
He's a poet, he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.
Ein harmloser eingängiger Countrysong mit einem unglaublich aussagekräftigen Text. Wenn wir doch heute nur noch solche Songschreiber hätten...
Chapeau, Mr. Kristofferson. | 
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