Kris Kristofferson - The Winner (Shel Silverstein tribute, 2010)

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  • Опубликовано: 6 июл 2011
  • Kris' amazing contribution to this tribute album dedicated to Shel Silverstein. I think he's chosen the right song ;-)
    16 songs of this brilliant songwriter by various artists.
    www.amazon.com/Twistable-Turna...
    www.amazon.co.uk/Twistable-Tur...
    only mp3 downloads available with the German Amazon
    www.amazon.de/Twistable-Turnab...
    Kris about Shel Silverstein in an interview in 2006: „...Shel was a friend of mine from the start - he just hung out with scruffy songwriters - me and my friends. All the establishment in Nashville were breaking their necks to get him to do things they were into. He was writing for Bobby Bare, Dr. Hook and many others. He was still a cartoonist for Playboy then."
    Well, young Kris for the intro verses, some newer pics for the final ones and some scenes for the story between...
    Hope you'll enjoy the song and the vid...
    The scenes are from the movies
    The last days of Frank and Jesse James (1986)
    Trouble in mind (1985)
    Wooly boys (2001)
    A star is born (1976)
    and a tiny one from Pat Garret and Billy the kid (1973)
    - all available on DVD...
    The Winner
    by Shel Silverstein
    (the original song had 20 verses, but I don't have enough characters for the info box here to add the ones that Kris left out...)
    The hulk of a man with a beer in his hand looked like a drunk old fool,
    And I knew that if I hit him right, I could knock him off that stool.
    But everybody said, "Watch out -- that's Tiger Man McCool.
    He's had a whole lot of fights, and he always come out the winner."
    But I'd had myself about five too many, and I walked up tall and proud,
    I faced his back and I faced the fact he'd never stooped or bowed.
    I said, "Tiger Man, you're a pussycat," and a hush fell on the crowd,
    I said, "Let's you and me go outside and see who's the winner"
    Well, he gripped the bar with one big hairy hand and he braced against the wall,
    He slowly looked up from his beer -- my God, that man was tall!
    He said, "Boy, I see you're a scrapper, so just before you fall,
    I'm gonna tell you a little what it means to be a winner."
    He said, "You see these bright white smilin' teeth, you know they ain't my own.
    Mine rolled away like Chiclets down a street in San Antone.
    But I left that person cursin', nursin' seven broken bones.
    And he only broke three of mine, so I'm the winner."
    He said, "Behind this grin, I got a steel pin that holds my jaw in place.
    A trophy of my most successful motorcycle race.
    And every mornin' when I wake and touch this scar across my face,
    It reminds me of all I got by bein' a winner.
    Now this broken back was the dyin' act of handsome Harry Clay
    That sticky Cincinnatti night I stole his wife away.
    But that woman, she gets uglier and meaner every day.
    But I got her, boy, and that makes me the winner (?)
    I got arthritic elbows, boy, I got dislocated knees,
    From pickin' fights with thunderstorms and chargin' into trees.
    And my nose been broke so often I might lose it if I sneeze.
    And, son, you say you still wanna be a winner?
    You gotta speak loud when you challenge me, son, 'cause it's hard for me to hear
    With this twisted neck and these migraine pains and this cauliflower ear.
    And if it weren't for this glass eye of mine, I'd shed a happy tear
    To think of all you'll get by bein' a winner.
    Now, as I kick in your family jewels, you'll see my left leg drags,
    And this jacket's kinda padded up where my right shoulder sags,
    There's a special part of me I keep in this brown paper bag,
    And I'll show it to you -- if you want to see all of the winner.
    Now, you remind me a lot of my younger days with your knuckles clenchin' white.
    But, boy, I'm gonna sit right here and sip this beer all night.
    And if there's somethin' that you gotta prove by winnin' some silly fight,
    OK, I quit, I lose, son, you're the winner."
    So I stumbled from that barroom not so tall and not so proud,
    Behind me I could hear the hoots of laughter from the crowd.
    But my eyes still see and my nose still works and my teeth are still in my mouth.
    And y'know...I guess that makes me...the winner.
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Комментарии • 245

  • @SteveSmith-hh2ni
    @SteveSmith-hh2ni 3 месяца назад +6

    He put this togethrr in less than a week. Great human, great American, great dad, and one of the best country singer songwriters ever.

  • @kitcachapp3094
    @kitcachapp3094 24 дня назад +1

    I wasn't sure what think about this song when I heard Kris Kristofferson sing the first line ...
    "a hunk of a man with a beer in his hand" and then I heard the whole song and I think it's the best country song ever written Shel Silverstein is amazing!

  • @terrimiller2472
    @terrimiller2472 2 года назад +19

    Kris you are the WINNER!!

  • @dianejarmon1990
    @dianejarmon1990 2 года назад +21

    Kris does an awesome job on this !

    • @xine9997
      @xine9997 11 месяцев назад +2

      Sure does. Maybe because it fits so well with both his priciples and his wit. (And that gorgeously imperfect voice)

  • @lovesixtiesrockmusic5304
    @lovesixtiesrockmusic5304 6 лет назад +16

    DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!!..................THANKS

  • @juliehodson5881
    @juliehodson5881 4 года назад +10

    This is the first time I have ever heard this and I LOVE it. I also love KK. They certainly do not make them like this anymore, shame.

  • @wildberryca
    @wildberryca 4 года назад +18

    I LOVE Kris Kristofferson!!!

  • @timmyles314
    @timmyles314 8 лет назад +22

    Wonderful song.... ALWAYS LOVE Kris's voice.

  • @jamesgreene4811
    @jamesgreene4811 7 лет назад +22

    pure class Living legend Kris

  • @rennyshelton
    @rennyshelton 11 лет назад +8

    Nobody tells a story like Kris.

    • @kriskisstofferson2848
      @kriskisstofferson2848 3 года назад

      Yeah Ricky you going to Shelton's a p**** just like Lance and Kenny

  • @arthursmith4281
    @arthursmith4281 8 лет назад +34

    u just can't find great music like this anymore

  • @dollyprice5272
    @dollyprice5272 5 лет назад +8

    Only one Kris. Perfection.

  • @beverlygentry7693
    @beverlygentry7693 Год назад +1

    Bless him for this acknowledgment to her.

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker 10 лет назад +37

    When I was a kid, we used to love his(Shel Silverstein) books "A Light in the Attic", and "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Back then I had no idea this man's influence on popular music in the 60's and 70's. Kris is also another under rated song writer who had a large influence, especially in country music. Good stuff man:-)

    • @bryndacochran5392
      @bryndacochran5392 7 лет назад +2

      StormLaker1975 Amen

    • @jamesdunn9714
      @jamesdunn9714 6 лет назад +6

      I don't think Kris is underrated, too famous, well known and successful. Net worth is upwards of 200 million.

    • @dawnrobbins5877
      @dawnrobbins5877 4 года назад +2

      I wouldn't consider having a songwriting legend award aka the Kristofferson Award as being underrated!

    • @ruthcasement5844
      @ruthcasement5844 3 года назад +2

      This man was never under rated quite the opposite one of the greatest singer song writers of all time

  • @alan5426
    @alan5426 6 лет назад +31

    I've only heard Bobby Bare sing this. I love both versions.

    • @chrisd0801
      @chrisd0801 3 года назад +2

      Me to until tonight.

    • @jameskuntz3065
      @jameskuntz3065 3 года назад +5

      These are the real lyrics. Bobby Bare edited it to be more family friendly.

    • @ericparrish1515
      @ericparrish1515 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@jameskuntz3065just thought the same thought. Tense. No water places can be that way.

  • @ilenearmstrong9480
    @ilenearmstrong9480 7 лет назад +40

    if I didn't know better I'd say he wrote that song, good job Kris you sing it like you own it. and when he sings his songs nobody does them better

  • @carollutsinger3910
    @carollutsinger3910 3 года назад +9

    oh, Kris- love your voice forever! And to think Shel Silverstein wrote this song....wow-great message to wanna-be big shots

  • @williamkrejca4641
    @williamkrejca4641 2 года назад +12

    Shel was a musical poetic genius, both white and black and everything in between, good and bad, same as humanity, just out there for everyone to see. One of a kind!!!!!!

    • @juliekroeger3625
      @juliekroeger3625 Год назад

      Kris the country music poetic genius and a legend in his own time. Yes, one of a kind!

    • @rwaitt14153
      @rwaitt14153 8 месяцев назад

      @@juliekroeger3625 Kris didn't write this. Shel Silverstein did. The guy who wrote "The Giving Tree".

    • @benjamineastman9950
      @benjamineastman9950 3 месяца назад

      Crouchin on the outside.

  • @vitorferreira800
    @vitorferreira800 7 лет назад +12

    They should live forever.

  • @anyasilka2325
    @anyasilka2325 3 года назад +6

    Kris K is simply a huge Country Legend and Genius! Everything he writes, sings, turns to Gold!! Love this Guy! Thanks For this FANTASTIC GENUINE Country Music!!!

  • @willywilz
    @willywilz 4 года назад +6

    Simply brilliant .. don’t get no better 😂

  • @jamesbootsgezel7283
    @jamesbootsgezel7283 4 года назад +12

    he's simply the best

    • @kriskisstofferson2848
      @kriskisstofferson2848 3 года назад

      Well hell Sherlock I know I'm way better than Stone Cold Steve Austin don't you know

    • @kriskristofferson3429
      @kriskristofferson3429 3 года назад

      Yeah and you ant the people who keeps arguing with me saying I ant kris kristofferson

    • @kriskristofferson3429
      @kriskristofferson3429 3 года назад

      Deborah caral finely aguing with me every day and Terry Adam Burroughs and morgan grace wilson.

    • @kriskristofferson3429
      @kriskristofferson3429 3 года назад +1

      And I never wanted to retire

  • @patsybrown863
    @patsybrown863 3 года назад +2

    Love you Kristofferson

  • @charmainehanslit
    @charmainehanslit 3 года назад +6

    A legend.

  • @5454ken
    @5454ken 9 лет назад +9

    kris k will someday be aprisated as one of thje best of allllll time a real poet

    • @jerrycohen8385
      @jerrycohen8385 5 лет назад +1

      5454ken He has always been that, writing and women and living his dream, before that he already HAD a great. career, but he threw security away to do what he wanted, and I am so grateful he took that gamble in the mis fo late 60s! HE IS TRULY A WINNER! RARELYsings other writer's songs, but he nailed this! A TRUE AMERICAN, may he be happy and stay well, and CAN NOT wait to see what he hasn't released yet.

    • @jerrycohen8385
      @jerrycohen8385 5 лет назад +1

      5454ken He has always been that, among other things that mist folks have no clue he has done. A real man, a ladies man, actor, boxer, Rhodes Scholar, singer, songwriter, Captain in the Army, helicopter pilot, bartender, and who knows what else? Misdiagnosed and then found out it was lymes disease. He is a true ,talented AMERICAN, and thank GOD, he never went to teach at West Point, BEFORE he quit the army, to be a janitor at Columbia Records! You did really good, KRIS! OTHER than JESUS, my brother, who also writes poetry and songs, thanks to you, and since his birthday is next week, Keith Richards; well, thats my main list if HEROES! JESUS 1st, Sam Cohen, 2nd, Kris, and Keith Richards will be close to a tie---- however, Kris accomplished one helluva resume! But Keith, you are the man I admired first, besides Sam ! JESUS, you are going to be #1, always!But it was later in my life BEFORE I realized that YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE FIRST!

  • @mickihecht4571
    @mickihecht4571 7 лет назад +4

    Love Kris and REALLY miss my Old Friend, Shel! Shel, your wisdom and guidance was invaluable in helping me live my life!

  • @klintoldham596
    @klintoldham596 10 месяцев назад +1

    My Dad had a friend that was just like Tigerman McCool. Every time we saw him he was bruised, cut or healing up from something. He always came out the winner though.

  • @75freeman
    @75freeman 11 лет назад +7

    Great song and a great video you've made thanks for posting it. Kris IS the real deal, anything from hippy to badass vampire killer & Shel was an amazing writer & poet.

  • @TheGran8
    @TheGran8 6 лет назад +12

    Thank you for your brilliant video, you just made every clip fit the words perfectly. Kris is magic and every time he performs he's definitely "The Winner".

  • @valkry007
    @valkry007 3 года назад +4

    there are still a few that are true to country but not many, that makes me sad.

    • @ericparrish1515
      @ericparrish1515 5 месяцев назад

      Polishing maintenance coordinators or weee in trouble

  • @nirmalasgabriel3050
    @nirmalasgabriel3050 2 года назад +7

    KK shd publish all his songs or include them in his biography. He cld most definitely come up with a poetry book n it would sell like hot cakes n he would be or soo much more appreciated.l Kris to bits n more ❤️🇨🇦

    • @biggestkkfan1506
      @biggestkkfan1506  2 года назад +2

      I agree 😉

    • @nirmalasgabriel3050
      @nirmalasgabriel3050 2 года назад +1

      @@biggestkkfan1506 nudge him gently, Tina, tell him his fans have made this suggestion.

    • @ericparrish1515
      @ericparrish1515 5 месяцев назад

      I wish I'd learn mysteries in history all my life or at least long as I got elders with shelders

  • @ilenearmstrong9480
    @ilenearmstrong9480 7 лет назад +22

    what do you mean what happened to his voice ,he is still out there singing and doing it well he is 80 FFS don't you know .Love his mind and his will to keep going

    • @richardjacques1731
      @richardjacques1731 4 года назад +2

      Saw him last night in Folsom. One of the best storytellers ever.

    • @ericparrish1515
      @ericparrish1515 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@richardjacques1731alien said plant this earlier slick

  • @BillKinggarak99
    @BillKinggarak99 8 лет назад +8

    I never knew Kris covered this song I Love it

    • @ericparrish1515
      @ericparrish1515 3 года назад

      He wrote it didn't he... A long time ago.

    • @kriskristofferson3024
      @kriskristofferson3024 2 года назад

      Thanks for your comment and supports, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. Keep Supporting ❤️ please send me a via.kriskristofferson6@gmail.com

    • @charlotte50224
      @charlotte50224 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ericparrish1515No, read the info under the video box. Shel Silverstein wrote it, but Kris covers it, like only Kris could! ❤

  • @gerardinedeenicollard7709
    @gerardinedeenicollard7709 4 года назад +3

    Gotta Luv This Song..Sooo True.. Happiness.m🤯💐🎭♀️♂️

  • @irishroverandthecrew
    @irishroverandthecrew 8 лет назад +12

    I keep coming back to this great song ! In this rotten world I was never 'the winner' either.

    • @biggestkkfan1506
      @biggestkkfan1506  8 лет назад +2

      Kris is coming to Ireland on January 25, 2016. Check out Ticketmaster Ireland ☺

    • @irishroverandthecrew
      @irishroverandthecrew 8 лет назад +1

      +biggestkkfan Sadly, I'm still not in Ireland & can't be there at that time. Any dates for mainland Europe ?

    • @biggestkkfan1506
      @biggestkkfan1506  8 лет назад +1

      +IRISH ROVER AND THE CREW I don't know of any. So where do you live?

    • @irishroverandthecrew
      @irishroverandthecrew 8 лет назад +1

      +biggestkkfan I'm still stuck in southeastern europe : (

    • @biggestkkfan1506
      @biggestkkfan1506  8 лет назад +1

      +IRISH ROVER AND THE CREW What country there? :-)

  • @wsreadem
    @wsreadem 11 лет назад +5

    Generally speaking, no one does Shel Silverstein better than Bobby Bare ... but IMO this is an exception. Like all good songs (OK, like most) "The Winner" makes a significant point, and when KK sings it, the words rise above the merely comic.

  • @mrbeaverstate
    @mrbeaverstate 8 лет назад +6

    Glad to hear Kris is still alive :-)

  • @joejrwesthamunited4586
    @joejrwesthamunited4586 7 лет назад +9

    lov this version , Bobby bare nailed it , well written shel

    • @ericcouch5018
      @ericcouch5018 6 лет назад

      Joe Jr west ham United theres a special part of me in a brown sack.
      thats best version.
      i wonder what that special part is?

  • @homegal4339
    @homegal4339 7 лет назад +8

    Love the song & all the clips - thanks!

    • @biggestkkfan1506
      @biggestkkfan1506  7 лет назад +4

      Thanks for watching and commenting! Glad you like them 😃

  • @MEDINAHSHRINER
    @MEDINAHSHRINER 5 лет назад +4

    Great songs about Tigerman the winner.
    So mote it be!

  • @MrFlatroofer
    @MrFlatroofer 4 года назад +3

    The best. Superb.

  • @outlawmakaveli41
    @outlawmakaveli41 3 года назад +1

    Every young man should here this once

  • @glen7318
    @glen7318 8 лет назад +17

    Kris is realy really good in this, as a diehard Bobby Bare fan....

  • @josephlemier7805
    @josephlemier7805 8 лет назад +54

    who's gonna fill their shoes? country music today is nothing like it was then.

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 8 лет назад +6

      no one. theyre all getting old....

    • @bryndacochran5392
      @bryndacochran5392 7 лет назад +3

      We're all getting old too. Kris & Shel are two great songwriters Godbless them all from Auntgranny

    • @MarioGarcia-ip6qx
      @MarioGarcia-ip6qx 7 лет назад +3

      Joe LeMier there's a generation of sissies in this great country with a sense of entitlement who have many a, 7th place trophies that will fill those boots. because it's their right...maybe I'm getting old..

    • @clarkschurbon8730
      @clarkschurbon8730 7 лет назад +3

      i can sympathies with you on that entitlement, not one of those lazy MF's want to work for any thing, worth any thing

    • @laurajohnson5836
      @laurajohnson5836 5 лет назад +6

      often tried to write a come back for that song...whos gonna fill their shoes...and all i ever come up with...is no one...God bless them all

  • @beachbum12181
    @beachbum12181 9 лет назад +4

    I watched you when I was 7 years old. And I was taken then, I am taken now. I am 46. You are hot, and soo worldly worthy. Omg. love u Kris.

  • @joluttringer4450
    @joluttringer4450 10 лет назад +3

    Many thanks for this nice Shel Song by Kris. Best wishes from France. Jo Luttringer

  • @geoffbrazel9156
    @geoffbrazel9156 4 года назад +2

    Donna after some thought your right. I've seen him several times in Sydney. Legend.

  • @AndrewJoyce76
    @AndrewJoyce76 4 года назад +3

    Love it!!!

  • @lallie1000
    @lallie1000 11 лет назад +3

    love love love this song , for all the hard lads out there.

  • @51488142
    @51488142 5 лет назад +6

    Omg he was hot, and thos eyes i could drown in them.❤ This song is perfect for Kris and his vois, he pict out the right song for his vois.

    • @xine9997
      @xine9997 Год назад +2

      Ooh, yes, he sure was

  • @nilzarodrigues5
    @nilzarodrigues5 7 лет назад +4

    Quanto mais vejo o trabalho desse artista, mais me apaixono...

  • @reddmann2216
    @reddmann2216 4 года назад +2

    Bobby Bare was 1st I ever heard this tune

  • @jacobsmith3953
    @jacobsmith3953 6 лет назад +4

    Never heard this before. Great

  • @barrygioportmorien1
    @barrygioportmorien1 11 лет назад +4

    I love this song by Bobby Bare, Kris does a great job on it as well.

  • @syourke3
    @syourke3 6 месяцев назад +1

    I wish Johnny Cash had recorded this song. It’s perfect for him. Kris did a good job, and so did Bobby Bare. Sheldon Silverstein wrote A Boy Named Sue and this song has that same sort of wit. Silverstein was a great songwriter. Sylvia’s Mother is another of his great songs.

  • @dollyprice5272
    @dollyprice5272 3 года назад +1

    Kris!!

  • @rontron3
    @rontron3 2 года назад +1

    that old guy was me with much less wear and tear at the age of 14 when I decided to do the same thing when someone challenged me to yet another fight. I grew up fighting and the more asses I kicked the more I was challenged. It didn't take me a lifetime to figure it out that all that it accomplishes is more damage to the body and no gain other than false pride.
    But the bigger point I think you and others miss is the "spirit" in that old man.
    Winner's have "spirit" the challengers don't.
    The body is only a vessel and so when body is wrecked you still have the spirit that made you a winner.

  • @gailniemczura262
    @gailniemczura262 8 лет назад +1

    I love KrisKRISTOPHERSON

  • @rickwold3864
    @rickwold3864 5 лет назад +2

    Best man ever tell them to kick rocks Love you

  • @biggestkkfan1506
    @biggestkkfan1506  12 лет назад +4

    yeah, I agree with you on his voice :-) And thank you...

  • @cherylroberts6265
    @cherylroberts6265 11 месяцев назад +1

    Kris....you were a changling. Your beard and dark hair made you so handsome.

  • @biggestkkfan1506
    @biggestkkfan1506  11 лет назад +2

    Thank you for watching :-)

  • @geoffbrazel9156
    @geoffbrazel9156 4 года назад +5

    Kris, shell and John prine
    Who's the best? Too close to call.

  • @lucillemeisenhelder4399
    @lucillemeisenhelder4399 4 года назад +1

    Love it"

  • @lalithapillai9204
    @lalithapillai9204 5 лет назад +1

    We are more than conquerors!

  • @lallie1000
    @lallie1000 12 лет назад +1

    BRILLIANT.

  • @onthedownside6813
    @onthedownside6813 6 лет назад +4

    They don't make good music like this anymore.

  • @dentonscott4349
    @dentonscott4349 10 лет назад +1

    sometimes you are long way better simply by not playing at all.

  • @mwaters4296
    @mwaters4296 5 лет назад +3

    if you've never heard Freakin at the Freakers Ball Album by Shel Silverstein you are truly missing out!

    • @alkholos
      @alkholos 4 года назад +1

      Shel wrote most of the early songs performed by Doctor Hook & The Medicine Show. What a brilliant writer!

  • @Hendo30533
    @Hendo30533 12 лет назад +2

    Thats the story of my life

  • @ilenearmstrong9480
    @ilenearmstrong9480 6 лет назад +4

    Wow those eyes

    • @51488142
      @51488142 5 лет назад

      He has the most beautiful eyes i have ever seen, and he was sexy as hell.❤

    • @dawncarter6309
      @dawncarter6309 5 лет назад

      Ilene Armstrong 😍

  • @rustyicepick8462
    @rustyicepick8462 3 месяца назад +1

    Should be played in high schools, rehab centers, prisons (by prisoners) and everywhere young men are a captive audience.

  • @veraperinova7297
    @veraperinova7297 8 лет назад +7

    Yes, you're a winner....

  • @knockedoutloaded279
    @knockedoutloaded279 7 лет назад +2

    cool dude.

  • @rosemarybyrd492
    @rosemarybyrd492 6 лет назад +3

    Chris is always winner

    • @kriskisstofferson2848
      @kriskisstofferson2848 3 года назад

      No shit sharlock

    • @kriskristofferson3024
      @kriskristofferson3024 2 года назад

      Thanks for your comment and supports, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. Keep Supporting ❤️ please send me a via.kriskristofferson6@gmail.com

  • @barrygioportmorien1
    @barrygioportmorien1 11 лет назад +2

    I always felt the same as you about Kris, not a great singer but fantastic songwriter, I saw him about a year or so ago, in person on stage with just his guitar, and I was really impressed, he did a great show....

  • @gailniemczura262
    @gailniemczura262 8 лет назад +2

    please send me instructions on how to download all Kris KRISTOPHERSON's videor..I have totally loved him since I saw him appear on the huge real movie screen in 1976 or 77 in greatest movie ever "A Star IS Born" with Ms. Barbra Streisand went for the newest Barbra movie came home with KRISTOPHERSON stuck in my heart..39 years ago..he is still there some days I know for sure he is keeping me alive...glpn

  • @UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q
    @UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q 2 года назад +2

    Lyrics:
    He hulk of a man with a beer in his hand looked like a drunk old fool,
    And I knew that if I hit him right, I could knock him off that stool.
    But everybody said, "Watch out -- that's Tiger Man McCool.
    He's had a whole lot of fights, and he always come out the winner."
    But I'd had myself about five too many, and I walked up tall and proud,
    I faced his back and I faced the fact he'd never stooped or bowed.
    I said, "Tiger Man, you're a pussycat," and a hush fell on the crowd,
    I said, "Let's you and me go outside and see who's the winner"
    Well, he gripped the bar with one big hairy hand and he braced against the wall,
    He slowly looked up from his beer -- my God, that man was tall!
    He said, "Boy, I see you're a scrapper, so just before you fall,
    I'm gonna tell you a little what it means to be a winner."
    He said, "You see these bright white smilin' teeth, you know they ain't my own.
    Mine rolled away like Chiclets down a street in San Antone.
    But I left that person cursin', nursin' seven broken bones.
    And he only broke three of mine, so I'm the winner."
    He said, "Behind this grin, I got a steel pin that holds my jaw in place.
    A trophy of my most successful motorcycle race.
    And every mornin' when I wake and touch this scar across my face,
    It reminds me of all I got by bein' a winner.
    Now this broken back was the dyin' act of handsome Harry Clay
    That sticky Cincinnatti night I stole his wife away.
    But that woman, she gets uglier and meaner every day.
    But I got her, boy, and that makes me the winner (?)
    I got arthritic elbows, boy, I got dislocated knees,
    From pickin' fights with thunderstorms and chargin' into trees.
    And my nose been broke so often I might lose it if I sneeze.
    And, son, you say you still wanna be a winner?
    You gotta speak loud when you challenge me, son, 'cause it's hard for me to hear
    With this twisted neck and these migraine pains and this cauliflower ear.
    And if it weren't for this glass eye of mine, I'd shed a happy tear
    To think of all you'll get by bein' a winner.
    Now, as I kick in your family jewels, you'll see my left leg drags,
    And this jacket's kinda padded up where my right shoulder sags,
    There's a special part of me I keep in this brown paper bag,
    And I'll show it to you -- if you want to see all of the winner.
    Now, you remind me a lot of my younger days with your knuckles clenchin' white.
    But, boy, I'm gonna sit right here and sip this beer all night.
    And if there's somethin' that you gotta prove by winnin' some silly fight,
    OK, I quit, I lose, son, you're the winner."
    So I stumbled from that barroom not so tall and not so proud,
    Behind me, I could hear the hoots of laughter from the crowd.
    But my eyes still see and my nose still works and my teeth are still in my mouth.
    And y'know...I guess that makes me...the winner.

    • @UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q
      @UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q 2 года назад

      হাতে বিয়ার নিয়ে একজনের হাল্ক মাতাল বুড়ো বোকার মতো দেখাচ্ছিল,
      এবং আমি জানতাম যে আমি যদি তাকে সঠিকভাবে আঘাত করি তবে
      আমি তাকে সেই মল থেকে ছিটকে দিতে পারি।
      কিন্তু সবাই বলেছিল, "সাবধান -- ওটা টাইগার ম্যান ম্যাককুল।
      তার অনেক লড়াই হয়েছে এবং সে সবসময় বিজয়ী হয়ে আসে।"
      কিন্তু আমার নিজের প্রায় পাঁচটি অনেক বেশি ছিল, এবং আমি লম্বা এবং
      গর্বিত হয়ে উঠেছিলাম,
      আমি তার পিঠের মুখোমুখি হয়েছিলাম এবং আমি এই সত্যটির মুখোমুখি হয়েছিলাম
      যে সে কখনই নত বা নত হয়নি।
      আমি বললাম, "টাইগার ম্যান, তুমি একটা পুসিক্যাট," আর ভিড়ের উপর একটা নিস্তব্ধতা পড়ল,
      আমি বললাম, "চলো তুমি আর আমি বাইরে গিয়ে দেখি কে বিজয়ী"
      ঠিক আছে, তিনি একটি বড় লোমশ হাত দিয়ে বারটি আঁকড়ে ধরলেন এবং
      তিনি দেয়ালের সাথে আঁকড়ে ধরলেন,
      সে ধীরে ধীরে তার বিয়ার থেকে উপরে তাকাল - হে ঈশ্বর, লোকটি লম্বা ছিল!
      তিনি বললেন, "বাচ্চা, আমি দেখছি তুমি একজন স্ক্র্যাপার, তাই তুমি পড়ার আগে,
      বিজয়ী হওয়ার অর্থ কী তা আমি আপনাকে একটু বলব।"
      তিনি বললেন, "আপনি এই উজ্জ্বল সাদা দাঁত দেখতে পাচ্ছেন,
      আপনি জানেন যে এগুলি আমার নিজের নয়।
      খনি সান অ্যান্টোনের একটি রাস্তায় চিকলেটের মতো দূরে সরে গেল।
      কিন্তু আমি সেই ব্যক্তিকে ছেড়ে দিয়েছি, সাতটি ভাঙ্গা হাড়ের জন্য।
      এবং সে কেবল আমার তিনটি ভেঙেছে, তাই আমি বিজয়ী।"
      তিনি বলেছিলেন, "এই হাসির পিছনে, আমি একটি স্টিলের পিন পেয়েছি
      যা আমার চোয়ালকে ধরে রাখে।
      আমার সবচেয়ে সফল মোটরসাইকেল রেসের একটি ট্রফি।
      এবং প্রতিদিন সকালে যখন আমি জেগে উঠি এবং আমার মুখে এই দাগটি স্পর্শ করি,
      এটা আমাকে মনে করিয়ে দেয় যে আমি বিজয়ী হয়ে যা পেয়েছি।
      এখন এই ভাঙ্গা পিঠটি ছিল সুদর্শন হ্যারি ক্লে-এর ডাইন অ্যাক্ট
      সেই আঠালো সিনসিনাটি রাতে আমি তার স্ত্রীকে চুরি করে নিয়েছিলাম।
      কিন্তু সেই মহিলা, সে দিন দিন আরও কুশ্রী এবং খারাপ হয়ে যায়।
      কিন্তু আমি তাকে পেয়েছি, ছেলে, এবং এটি আমাকে বিজয়ী করে তোলে (?)
      আমি বাতের কনুই পেয়েছি, ছেলে, আমার হাঁটু স্থানচ্যুত হয়েছে,
      বজ্রঝড়ের সাথে ঝগড়া থেকে শুরু করে গাছে ঠেকানো।
      এবং আমার নাক ভেঙ্গে গেছে তাই প্রায়ই আমি হাঁচি দিলে আমি তা হারাতে পারি।
      আর, ছেলে, তুমি বলো তুমি এখনো বিজয়ী হতে চাও?
      আমাকে চ্যালেঞ্জ করলে তোমাকে জোরে কথা বলতে হবে, ছেলে,
      'কারণ শুনতে আমার পক্ষে কঠিন
      এই পেঁচানো ঘাড় আর এই মাইগ্রেনের ব্যাথা আর এই ফুলকপি কান দিয়ে।
      এবং যদি আমার এই কাঁচের চোখ না থাকত, আমি খুশির অশ্রু ফেলতাম
      আপনি একটি বিজয়ী হতে হবে সব চিন্তা.
      এখন, আমি যখন আপনার পারিবারিক গহনাগুলিতে লাথি মারছি,
      আপনি দেখতে পাবেন আমার বাম পা টানছে,
      এবং এই জ্যাকেটটি কিছুটা প্যাড আপ যেখানে আমার ডান কাঁধ নড়ছে,
      আমার একটি বিশেষ অংশ আছে যা আমি এই বাদামী কাগজের ব্যাগে রাখি,
      এবং আমি আপনাকে এটি দেখাব -- যদি আপনি বিজয়ীদের সবাইকে দেখতে চান।
      এখন, তুমি আমাকে আমার ছোট বেলার অনেক কথা মনে করিয়ে দিচ্ছ
      তোমার হাতের মুঠোয় সাদা করে।
      কিন্তু, ছেলে, আমি এখানে বসে সারা রাত এই বিয়ারে চুমুক দেব।
      এবং যদি এমন কিছু থাকে যা আপনাকে কিছু নির্বোধ লড়াই জিতে প্রমাণ করতে হবে,
      ঠিক আছে, আমি ছাড়লাম, আমি হেরে গেছি, ছেলে, তুমি বিজয়ী।"
      তাই আমি সেই বাররুম থেকে হোঁচট খেয়েছি এত লম্বা এবং এত গর্বিত নয়,
      আমার পিছনে, আমি ভিড় থেকে হাসির শব্দ শুনতে পাচ্ছিলাম।
      কিন্তু আমার চোখ এখনও দেখতে পায় এবং আমার নাক এখনও কাজ করে
      এবং আমার দাঁত এখনও আমার মুখে রয়েছে।
      এবং তুমি জানো...আমার মনে হয় এটা আমাকে বিজয়ী করে তোলে

  • @charliesommers4657
    @charliesommers4657 8 месяцев назад +1

    Swear down Kris Kristofferson if there is anything that happens that l don't agree with God help me capiche love 💕 you scream xxx

  • @normancrew2739
    @normancrew2739 5 лет назад +3

    If AI could create songs this good we'd all have to just sit in bars and contemplate the bottom of our glasses. Lucky for us it can't and never will. I think it's called humanity.

  • @biggestkkfan1506
    @biggestkkfan1506  12 лет назад +2

    @ugafinch Thanks!

    • @jessejohnson1516
      @jessejohnson1516 7 лет назад +1

      biggestkkfan love this song and what a job on it

  • @ryancarter6155
    @ryancarter6155 6 лет назад +2

    This song is awesome whoever says it's not duck you lol jj

  • @SanDocLee
    @SanDocLee 8 лет назад +2

    Bobby Bare has an excellent live hit version of this song!

  • @kristoferkristiankristoffe4971
    @kristoferkristiankristoffe4971 2 года назад +1

    Well I haven't had enough road to really open it up and see how fast it will go

  • @mz7z744
    @mz7z744 10 лет назад +2

    Kris is touring Australia in march /April 2014

    • @biggestkkfan1506
      @biggestkkfan1506  10 лет назад

      Right, lots of concerts
      www.viagogo.de/Konzert-Tickets/Country-und-Folk/Kris-Kristofferson-Karten

  • @jrburroughs1926
    @jrburroughs1926 2 года назад +1

    Broken back was the dying act of Harry Finley the stick-ins engine Natty night I stole his little Franklin away

  • @Georgebushpimps
    @Georgebushpimps 9 лет назад +2

    #TheWinner

    • @ravensvengeance4294
      @ravensvengeance4294 9 лет назад

      TRUTH!! You understand all this the older ya get. But then growing old AIN'T FER SISSIES :)

    • @Georgebushpimps
      @Georgebushpimps 9 лет назад

      #wordisborn

    • @mtchair4me
      @mtchair4me 8 лет назад +1

      +Ravens Vengeance (SouthernRaven) I can give an Amen to that brother. In many ways it sucks. But in some mysterious way it is beautiful and interesting. Peace to you brother.

  • @NIPPUR123
    @NIPPUR123 8 лет назад

    tiene la voz un poco que suena a johnny cash....gran cantante kris kristofferson

  • @user-ib1tg3rz6b
    @user-ib1tg3rz6b 9 месяцев назад

    Fuck Yes

  • @GetOutsideYourself
    @GetOutsideYourself 12 лет назад +3

    This song is taylor made for Kris.

  • @Otokichi786
    @Otokichi786 3 года назад

    Jim Croce's "Operator" brought me here. I'd say that the fellow calling for operator assistance is "the winner."

  • @brucesimpson7169
    @brucesimpson7169 5 лет назад +1

    Interesting, love Precious Memories but it has been pulled for some reason. Disappointed. I heard it on PBS the other nite.Very moving. Chris, Chet and Emmylou.

  • @nikola12nis
    @nikola12nis 5 лет назад +2

    Im wondering about that part of his he carries in the paper bag...

  • @beermanmccool1226
    @beermanmccool1226 3 года назад +1

    Whistler's last words.

  • @bradblack6748
    @bradblack6748 7 лет назад +3

    tiger man

  • @JayScroggins
    @JayScroggins 9 лет назад +1

    tigers a crow

  • @13leggys
    @13leggys 4 года назад +1

    Oops!😳😳😳

  • @bamdogwood1
    @bamdogwood1 10 лет назад +1

    so what are the words of this song all about then?.

    • @chrisohanlon69
      @chrisohanlon69 8 лет назад +1

      Boxing I think

    • @frankiebutler2894
      @frankiebutler2894 5 лет назад

      Bam Dogwood I believe, though I could be wrong, that it's about a rough/rowdy/older man talking to younger man explaining to him how he got all his scars from barroom/parking lot fights while drinking. To me, he seems as if he had to do again, he might not be as short-fused. At least, that's the story I have in my mind when I listen to the song.

  • @crackedblackpepperandrocksalt
    @crackedblackpepperandrocksalt 7 лет назад +1

    what happened kris' voice. smoking

  • @riinalaakso9539
    @riinalaakso9539 7 лет назад +1

    Hahaa;))