Kris Kristofferson

Songwriter: Kenny Asher Paul Williams

Producer: Barbra Streisand Phil Ramone

Look who's advertising
Billboards everywhere
"see hellacious acres
Your tailor made nightmare"
Traffic is backed up for miles
Attendants welcome you with devilish smiles
Steady ... steady ...
Have your tickets ready
Steady ... steady ...

Go to hell
After dark
It's a sin filled city
An amusement park
It's a one way ticket to the other side
It's a dr. jekyll and a mr. hyde
See lizzie borden, she's one of the stars
And tricky dicky barkin'
Flashin' you his pardon
Jack the ripper slashin' your tires

Even the devil needs money
To cover his overhead
That's why he opened hellacious acres
Or so his press agent said
Hang out with heavies
Your partners in crime
Forget the consequences, have a good time
Steady ... steady ...
Have your tickets ready
Steady ... steady ...

Go to hell
After dark
It's a sin filled city
An amusement park
It's a one way ticket to the other side
It's a dr. jekyll and a mr. hyde
Get down and study suspicion and doubt
At hellacious acres
Listen mischief makers
Admission's free you pay to get out

Kris Kristofferson is a country singer and songwriter from Brownsville, TX, best known for the hits he wrote and recorded in the late 1960s.

Many of Kristofferson’s hits are best known through artists who covered them. Me and Bobby McGee was popularized by Janis Joplin, For The Good Times by Ray Price, and Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down by Johnny Cash. His 1971 album The Silver Tongued Devil and I was a commercial success. He released a few more albums in the 1970s, but focused more on acting toward the middle and end of the decade.

In the 1980s, he joined with fellow outlaw country superstars Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings to form Highwaymen, whose self-titled debut album was a critical and commercial success.

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A Star Is Born

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A Star Is Born (1976)

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A Star Is Born