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Artist: Kristofferson Kris
Canonical path: /kristofferson-kris/epitaph-black-and-blue
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Epitaph (Black And Blue)
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Epitaph (Black And Blue)
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Her close friends have gathered.
Lord, ain't it a shame
Grieving together
Sharing the blame.
But when she was dying
Lord, we let her down.
There's no use cryin'
It can't help her now.
The party's all over
Drink up and go home.
It's too late to love her
And leave her alone.
Just say she was someone
Lord, so far from home
Whose life was so lonesome
She died all alone
Who dreamed pretty dreams
That never came true
Lord, why was she born
So black and blue?
Oh, why was she born
So black and blue?
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Kristofferson Kris performs "Epitaph (Black And Blue)", and this lyric page sits inside the Kristofferson Kris catalog on LyroVerse.
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