The Sabre And The Rose Lyrics - The Essential Kris Kristofferson - Kris Kristofferson

Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town quicker than a bullet or a knife 

Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run honey we was running for our life 

When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight 

He turned his burning eyes upon my soul 

It's time my God to spend this night with someone else he said 

Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold love and glory 

We can take it easy when we're old 

He said we'll take us into town lay our money down 

I'll bring you to the sweetest thing that grows 

Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin' every night 

At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose 

We swang into the saddle sick as breathing 

And slapped 'em once for pleasure with the reins 

The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight 

Somethin' dark was singing in my veins older than the voices in my brain 

He said this place you're gonna see is why they live and breathe 

And sink down a little bit deeper everyday 

And sometimes at night when the wind is running right 

You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away 

Then the light was crimson and I found her all naked and eternal and insane 

Secred as the mysteries around her like a veil nothin' but her prison was profane 

All we had in common was our chains 

Oh burn it down boys burn it to the ground boys burn it on down 

Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town quicker than a bullet or a knife 

All there was she ran holdin' to my hand runnin' for the river and our life 

Slidin' from the moonlight into shadows silent as the river as it flows 

Swimmin' to the place they'll never find us all we left behind us was our clothes 

And the stories children sing about the Sabre and the Rose 

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