KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Same Old Song lyrics

I was just a young man workin' steady in a good time band

Pickin' every single little lick I could just to please the man

Harlan sang the lead for half and we split up the rest

Hangin' on through the heavy times and hopin' for the best.

I can't recall the names of all them places that we played in

All them squirrely party girls and pills we used to pop

Hardly ever sleepin' in them cheap motels we stayed in

Hopin' we could take it till we make it to the top.

And them nights got a little bit brighte

And them bars got a little bit better

And the sweet (in the sweet by and by) just a little bit sweeter

But them blues, well, it's still the same old song.

Now we're stars a shinin' on them prime-time TV shows

Every stranger knows our name in ever-little-where we go

Findin' out the bottom ain't so diffrent on the top

Just a few more friends that you'll be losin' when you drop.

And I left some of my soul on every sweaty sheet I could sleep on

Gettin' just as close to anybody as I could

I don't regret a single bed I've laid my body down on

Ever since the first I had the worst I had was good.

And them nights get a little bit brighter

And them bars get a little bit better

And the sweet (in the sweet by and by) just a little bit sweeter

But them blues, well, it's still the same old song...