Kris Kristofferson - The junkie and the juicehead minus me (1970)

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One of my top favorite songs of Kris... So I HAD to edit a video to it withthe re-upload.
Most scenes are from a documentary on Kris and from Cisco Pike, but two tiny scenes are from Blume in love and one is from A star is born...
The Junkie And The Juicehead (minus Me)
I was stumble bummin' down them neon Music City sidewalks
With a Junkie and a Juicehead who had problems of their own
Stuck with luck that kept me standin' just a step away from starvin'
And some talent that I swore I'd show before I'd go back home
Eighty days out of the army makin' neither love nor money
And my only set of clothes was gettin' closer to the bone
Then the Junkie placed an order with the prophet on the corner
While he told us of the soul that he'd been sellin' for a song
He said, "My fortune was my future but I let it slip away
Slowly smokin' myself broke on eighty cigarettes a day
Findin' out that crime ain't all there is that doesn't pay
And writin' songs for no one but myself and the juicehead", who said,
"I can read my fortune in the bottom of a glass
And I can see it's time for me to make my last request
Will you fill my grave with whiskey when I'm laid away to rest
So the boys can say I drank my way to hell."
Well I drank the whole thing over puttin' one and two together
And it added up to more of what I didn't want to be
I ain't blamin' Music City but it's only gonna see me
One more workday and a wake up and the time it takes to leave
'cause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my future
In a Prophet pushin' day dreams on a corner for a fee
And a wino lookin' lonely at a bottle gettin' empty
And a hungry lookin' junkie huntin' tea and sympathy
And I bet that junkie's laughin' at the life he threw away
While he's smokin' hisself broke on eighty cigarettes a day
Pleadin' down the Prophet to a price that he can pay
And writin' words that no one's gonna see but the juicehead who said it
Every empty bottle is his private crystal ball
Where he stares into the future findin' nothin' there at all
Which is all I'll miss tomorrow when them neon shadows fall
On a Junkie and a Juicehead minus me.
The Junkie And The Juicehead (minus Me)
Ich stolperte die Gehwege der neonfarbenen Musikstadt entlang,
mit dem Junkie und dem Suffkopf, die ihre eigenen Probleme hatten.
Mit dem Glück am Hals, das mich grad mal eine Stufe vom Hungern fernhielt,
und etwas Talent, das ich schwor noch zu zeigen, bevor ich zurück nach Hause gehen würde.
Seit achtzig Tage raus aus der Armee, hab ich weder Liebe noch Geld gemacht,
und meine einzige Garnitur Klamotten kam meinen Knochen immer näher.
Dann gab der Junkie beim Dealer an der Ecke seine Bestellung ab,
während er uns von der Seele erzählte, die er für einen Song verkauft hat.
Er sagte, „Meine Chance war meine Zukunft, aber ich ließ sie entschlüpfen
während ich mich langsam an 80 Zigaretten am Tag kaputt rauche
und herausfinde, dass Verbrechen nicht alles ist, was sich nicht auszahlt
und Songs schreib für niemanden außer für mich selbst und den Suffkopf", der sagte,
„Ja, ich kann mein Schicksal im Boden eines Glases lesen
Und ich kann sagen, es ist Zeit für mich, meinen letzten Wunsch zu äußern:
Werdet ihr mein Grab mit Whiskey füllen, wenn ich zur letzten Ruhe gelegt werde
So können die Jungs sagen, ich trank meinen Weg zur Hölle."
Also, ich übertrank die Sache nochmal und zählte eins und zwei zusammen
Und es fügte sich zu mehr von dem zusammen, was ich nicht sein wollte.
Ich geb nicht der Musikstadt die Schuld, aber sie wird mich nur noch
einen Arbeitstag und einmal aufwachen sehen und die Zeit, die ich brauche, um zu verschwinden.
Weil ich ein schmutziges Bild habe von dem, was meine Zukunft sein könnte
in von einem Dealer an einer Ecke gegen eine Gebühr angeschobenen Tagträumen.
Und der Suffkopf schaut ganz einsam auf eine leer werdende Flasche
und einen hungrig aussehenden Junkie, der nach günstigem Stoff jagt.
Und ich wette, der Junkie lacht über das Leben, das er weggeworfen hat
Während er sich kaputt raucht an 80 Zigaretten am Tag
Und den Dealer anfleht um einem Preis, den er bezahlen kann
Und Wörter schreibt, die niemand sehen wird, außer der Suffkopf, der es sagte:
Jede leere Flasche ist seine private Kristallkugel
wo er in die Zukunft starrt und überhaupt nichts dort findet.
Das ist alles, was ich morgen vermissen werde, wenn die Neonschatten fallen
auf den Junkie und den Suffkopf ohne mich.

[@dennispiot2245]

I grew up thinking Kris Kristofferson was following all the others but I'll be damned this is one of the best songwriters in the world

[@dianejarmon1990]

I love all his songs ! His voice fits them and you can hear him singing from the heart

[@donnacristino4957]

It is amazing how he ages and just keeps looking better ..... And better

[@claire121]

Legend 🎉 who here listening in 2024 hello from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@geoffreybowman8185]

"Which is all I'll miss tomorrow when them neon shadows fall"...gives me chills. I love how Kris wrote. One of my all time favorites for sure.

[@brendawatchorn8398]

What a talent and the looks oh my what a cutie, I've always loved you Mr Kris Kristofferson xoxox

[@debbiejackson7224]

Never heard this song before, and I am a huge Kris fan....He is to talented....

[@christopherjohnfoster1851]

A life lesson and story in a song ,brilliant

[@claireandfreddy5671]

Kris is a legend some voice love from ireland August 2021👍👍

[@kathyhaggerty7620]

Love it! Love his earlier stuff for sure. Kris has a way with lyrics like no one else!!!!

[@ianj454]

"Every empty bottle was his private crystal ball" does a lyric get any better than that?

[@biggestkkfan1506]

Yeah, this is a brilliant song... I first thought he really would sing about three people, but now I'm pretty sure it's all about himself with them different characters, like he did in The silver tongued devil. He's a genius... The scenes with this bio HD sign are from a TV documentary. Since he looked exactly like in Cisco Pike, I mixed them with scenes from this movie and with screenshots from them both and some stills...

[@berniemorrissey2446]

A modern day poet actor and a long time fav.

[@ilenearmstrong9480]

my favorite Kris song is the only exception I am listening to at the time until I hear his next song and that goes on until I've heard them all and it starts all over again

[@lucillemeisenhelder4399]

As always a song with a meaningful message. Love ya Kris..

[@elainecreighton7941]

Love this song, have tickets to see Kris was supposed to be in January and now been pushed to February. Can't wait to see to see him again last time was in the 80's and have wanted to do it again ever since.

[@just4music687]

Loved Kris forever but never realized so many songs...as much fun as John Prine, what a songwriter! xoxo

[@dariotrucco5858]

Thanks biggestkkfan for every single clip you share. Kris is so important to me too.

[@CatherineSTodd]

Another fabulous video! Thank you so much. Can hardly believe Kris is 78 years old - wow.

[@ChicagoJan]

Great job on this video. Can't believe how young he is in some of those clips!! Choice footage here. A treasure! Thanks! :-)