Star Crossed Song Lyrics and Chords by Kris Kristofferson
Star Crossed
Written and Recorded by Kris Kristofferson
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I met her in a shootin' galler
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y speedin' like
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a
goose
Back when
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both of us was used to making
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strangers
She shook me down for all I had and
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every way but
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loose
But
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I was still too juiced to feel the
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danger
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Anyway now anymore you don't
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know which is
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worse
Fallin' out of love or left
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behind
I just seen the sweetest dreaming
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wind up like a curse
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Maybe one too many
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times
But she said
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I don't want you baby I just
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want someone to hold me
I got too
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much rock and roll to be a
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wife
I can't
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live without the lightnin' and I'm
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scared of growin' older
So I'm
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bound to keep on runnin' for my
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life
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I've seen her roll herself into a
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tight and tiny
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ball
Like
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a belly gunner crouchin' in a
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turret
I said I recognize the symptoms girl I
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got the same
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disease
I
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just haven't got a clue to how to
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cure
it
And
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anyway now anymore you don't
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know who to
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trust
Love is wild as lust and just as
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blind
Anyone who's ever gonn
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a love me better fool me first
And
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baby maybe I been one too many
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times
Repeat #3
FAQ
Who sang the the song Star Crossed?
- The song Star Crossed 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).
