Kris Kristofferson - Duvalier's Dream

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Song Lyrics

Duvalier was a bitter man who cursed the morning sun
That brought a new betrayal every day.

He shunned the world of mortals and the sound of human tongues
And blessed the night that chased their sight away.
A disillusioned dreamer who would never love again
Who`d tried of it and found that it was rotten.
Prefering perfect strangers to the company of friends
Because strangers are so easily forgotten.

CHORUS:
Oh, it`s hard to keep believing when you know you`ve been decieved.
To face a lie and dare to try again, but there`s nothing like a woman
with a spell of make believe to make a new believer of a man.


Duvalier took the fickle turns of fortune in his stride
Expecting next to nothing out of life.
Till fortune found a girl who fanned a flame he thought had died
Whose burning beauty cut him like a knife.
She touched him through the senses that his mind could not control.
Then smiling stepped aside and watched him fall.
Betrayed by his own body and the hunger in his soul
Duvalier was a dreamer after all.

CHORUS
Oh, it`s hard to keep believing when you know you`ve been decieved.
To face a lie and dare to try again, but there`s nothing like a woman
with a spell of make believe to make a new believer of a man.

Release History

2009

Original Album Classics

1. Blame It On The Stones (2:43)
2. To Beat The Devil (4:42)
3. Me And Bobby McGee
4. Best Of All Possible Worlds
5. Help Me Make It Through The Night
6. The Law Is For Protection Of The People (2:39)
7. Casey's Last Ride
8. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere (3:35)
9. Darby's Castle (3:17)
10. For The Good Times
11. Duvalier's Dream (2:55)
12. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (4:32)
13. The Junkie And The Juicehead, Minus Me
14. Shadows Of Her Mind
15. The Lady's Not For Sale
16. Come Sundown (3:39)

Disc 2

17. Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine) (2:20)
18. Nobody Wins (4:05)
19. It Sure Was (Love) (2:50)
20. Enough For You (3:04)
21. Help Me (3:21)
22. Jesse Younger (2:40)
23. Give It Time To Be Tender (3:26)
24. Out Of Mind Out Of Sight (2:59)
25. Sugar Man (4:00)
26. Why Me (2:58)

Disc 3

27. Same Old Song (3:15)
28. Broken Freedom Song (5:23)
29. Shandy (The Perfect Disguise) (3:37)
30. Star Spangled Bummer (whores Die Hard) (3:31)
31. The Lights Of Magdala
32. I May Smoke Too Much (3:06)
33. One For The Money (3:00)
34. Late Again (Gettin' Over You) (3:25)
35. Stairway To The Bottom (3:25)
36. Rescue Mission (3:21)
37. Smile At Me Again (3:32)
38. Rock And Roll Time (4:54)

Disc 4

39. Shake Hands With The Devil (3:26)
40. Prove It To You One More Time Again
41. Whiskey Whiskey (3:47)
42. Lucky In Love (2:41)
43. Seadream (3:01)
44. Killer Barracuda (3:01)
45. Michoacan (From The Motion Picture 'Cisco Pike')
46. Once More With Feeling (2:50)
47. Fallen Angel (4:10)

Disc 5

48. The Silver Tongued Devil And I (4:13)
49. Jody & The Kid (3:09)
50. Billy Dee (2:53)
51. Good Christian Soldier (3:18)
52. Breakdown
53. Loving Her Was Easier (than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) (3:35)
54. The Taker (3:11)
55. When I Loved Her (2:56)
56. The Pilgrim;Chapter 33 (3:05)
57. Epitaph (Black And Blue) (3:21)

1970

Kristofferson

1. Blame It On The Stones (2:43)
2. To Beat The Devil (4:42)
3. Me And Bobby McGee
4. The Best Of All Possible Worlds (3:03)
5. Help Me Make It Through The Night
6. The Law Is For Protection Of The People (2:39)
7. Casey's Last Ride
8. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere (3:35)
9. Darby's Castle (3:17)
10. For The Good Times
11. Duvalier's Dream (2:55)
12. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (4:32)

1974

Me And Bobby McGee

1. Blame It On The Stones (2:43)
2. To Beat The Devil (4:42)
3. Me And Bobby McGee
4. The Best Of All Possible Worlds (3:03)
5. Help Me Make It Through The Night
6. The Law Is For Protection Of The People (2:39)
7. Casey's Last Ride
8. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere (3:35)
9. Darby's Castle (3:17)
10. For The Good Times
11. Duvalier's Dream (2:55)
12. Sunday Morning Comin' Down (4:31)

2010

Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72

1. Me And Bobby McGee
2. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends (2:38)
3. Smile At Me Again (3:32)
4. The Lady's Not For Sale
5. Border Lord
6. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere (3:35)
7. Come Sundown (3:39)
8. Slow Down (3:03)
9. If You Don't Like Hank Williams (3:31)
10. Little Girl Lost
11. Duvalier's Dream (2:55)
12. When I Loved Her (2:56)
13. Billy Dee (2:53)
14. Epitaph (Black And Blue) (3:21)
15. Enough For You (3:04)
16. Getting By, High and Strange