Stagger Mountain Tragedy — текст песни (Kristofferson Kris)

I was born on Stagger Mountain in the sunshine and the snow
And leavin` was the first mistake I made;
But I hungered for the shadows in the valley down below
And the girl that danced the tune the devil played.
Her smile was like the blindin` light of sunshine on the snow
And the flashin` of her hair was black as sin.
And her body set the smokes of hell a-boilin` in my skull
When the fiddle of the devil made her spin.
Morning sunshine [sunshine] high on the mountain,
Where the air is pure and cold;
But there`s darkness in the shadows
In the canyons of my soul.
The lantern cast a shadow like a demon on the wall
And the naked sweat was breathin` on her skin;
Then the room was spinning closer as her clothes began to fall
And the eagle started screamin` in my brain;
Then I saw the laughin` dagger and I heard the devil scream
And her bleeding heart was beating in my hand.
Then the darkness blew away and I was standin` by a tree
With a hanging rope a-danglin` from a limb.
Morning sunshine [sunshine] high on the mountain,
where the air is pure and cold;
But there`s darkness in the shadows
in the canyons of my soul.