Kris Kristofferson

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FullerH

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I had said in my earlier post that Guy Clark makes me think of the early Kris Kristofferson and he really does. His song/poem "The Randall Knife", a tribute to his father, brings tears to my eyes just as this song fron Kris did then and does now. If it doesn't bring tears to your eyes, you have no heart.

Jody and the kid
by Kris Kristofferson

She would meet me in the morning
On my way down to the river
Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree,
With her feet already dusty
From the pathway to the levy
And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees.

I’d pay her no attention
As she tagged along beside me
Trying hard to copy everything I did,
But I couldn’t keep from smiling
When I’d hear somebody saying
"Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid."

Even after we grew older
We could still be seen together
As we walked along the levy holding hands,
For as surely as the season
She was changin’ to a woman
And I’d lived enough to call myself a man.

And she often lay beside me
In the coolness of the evening
Til’ the morning sun was shining on my bed,
And at times when she was sleeping
I’d smile when I’d remember
How they use to call us Jody and the kid.

Now the world’s a little older
And the years have changed the river
Cause there’s houses where they didn’t used to be,
And on Sundays I go walking
Down the pathway to the levy
With another little girl who follows me.

And it makes the old folks smile
To see her tag along beside me
Doing little things the way her mama did
But it gets a little lonesome
When I hear somebody sayin’
"Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid."
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FullerH,
Is the Guy Clark song the one about how his father had this old Randall knife and he wanted to get when his old man died. Something like " My hand burned for the Randall knife" if so I thought I was the only one on earth who knew that song, glad to see other knifeknuts have heard it too. Reminds me of my old man. He's got a couple antique rifles and some wood chisels I want first dibs on when he's gone. Also, I too love KK, the song you posted is one of my favorites, along with "Darby's Castle".

Lagarto
 
I've listened to Kristofferson for years. I also got to see him in concert on my birthday back in '87 or '88. It was in a small bar, with about thirty chairs set up in front of the stage, otherwise it was stand up or hope to get a barstool. My wife and I sat about ten feet from the stage and it was probably the best concert I've ever been to. He played for at least three hours.

Some of my favorites are; Casey's Last Ride, Don't Let the Bastards Get you Down, The Pilgrim, and of course, Jesus Was a Capricorn.
 
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