Bread For The Body Song Lyrics and Chords by Kris Kristofferson
Bread For The Body
Written and Recorded by Kris Kristofferson
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I built my own chains in the
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land of the
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free
A slave to a job that meant
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nothing to
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me
With three
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shiny new cars and a
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split-level
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home
To furnish the tomb I was
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dying to
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own
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one day I wakened with fear in my eye
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Aware of a world that was passing me
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by
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knew that my savings of
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silver and
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gold
Would mean not a thing when my
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body was
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cold
Because life is a song for the
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dying to
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sing
It's got to have feeling t
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o mean a
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nything
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man can get by without
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silver or
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gold
With bread for the body and
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song for the
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soul
I'm living my life by th
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e lesson I€
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™ve
learned
And not looking back at the
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bridges
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burned
Cause the
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time that we travel from
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cradle to
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grave
Was meant to be spent and not
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meant to be
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saved
And I
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know there are some who will say I'm a fool
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don't give a damn for the people tha
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do
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down in a dungeon is
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where they
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belong
Well that's their misfortune an
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d none of m
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Bread For The Body?
- The song Bread For The Body was sang by Kris Kristofferson.
Who is Kris Kristofferson?
- Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American retired singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.
In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Lone Star (1996), Stagecoach (1986), and the Blade film trilogy (1998-2004).
