KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - The Prisoner lyrics

Thanking you for openining my eyes so clear

Sweeping old illusions from my soul

But most of all for turning something simple and sincere

Into somethin' jaded and as jive as rock and roll.

Ain't you always looked at lovin' like a four letter word

That I've made up to make you ill at ease

I fought to free you from your castle of despair

Till I saw the prisoner wall was me.

See the soul who calls itself a prisoner

'Cause it's still too frightened to be free

I feel so much older now and wiser

Ain't it sad how lonesome that can be.

Ain't you always looked at lovin' like a four letter word

That I've made up to make you ill at ease

I fought to free you from your castle of despair

Till I saw the prisoner wall was me...