KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Stagger Mountain Tragedy lyrics

I was born on Stagger Mountain in the sunshine and the snow

And leavin' was the first mistake I made

But I hungred for the shadows in the valley down below

And a girl who danced the tune the devil played.

Her smile was like the blinding light of sunshine on the snow

And the flashin' of her hair was blas as sin

And her body set the smokes of hell to boildin' in my schull

When the fiddle of the devil made her spin.

Morning sun shines (sun shines) high on mountain

Where the air is pure and cold

But there's darkness in the shadows

In the canyons of my soul.

The lanter cast her shadow like a demon on the wall

And the naked sweat was gleamin' on her skin

Then the room was spinning closer as her clothes began to fall

And the eagle started screaming in my brain.

Then I saw the laughing dagger and I heard the devil scream

And her bleadin' heart was beatin' in my hand

Then the darkness flew away and I was standing by a tree

With a hanging rope a dangling from a limb.

Morning sun shines (sun shines) high on mountain

Where the air is pure and cold

But there's darkness in the shadows

In the canyons of my soul...