Love Is The Last Thing To Go Song Lyrics and Chords
Love Is The Last Thing To Go Song Lyrics and Chords by Kris Kristofferson
Love Is The Last Thing To Go
Written and Recorded by Kris Kristofferson
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The angels were singin' a
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sad country
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song
It sounded like
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somethin' of yours
With
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a conscience as clear as the
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tear in your
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eye
And a heart beatin'
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golden and
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pure
And I felt all the feelin's we
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set down in
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Torn from the body and
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soul
And
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the fortunes that faded like
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stars into day
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light
And teardrops we
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turned into gold
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Every hard rockin' wreck on the
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highway
Every heartbroken rule of the
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road
Every
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true thing we wrote on the w
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ind is still s
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ingin'
Love is the
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last thing to
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go
Love is the reason we
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happened at
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all
And it paid for the damage we
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done
And it
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bought us the freedom to
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fall into
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grace
On our way to our
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place in the
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sun
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Love Is The Last Thing To Go?
- The song Love Is The Last Thing To Go 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).
