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"For the good times" from Kris' debut album "Kristofferson".

It's so sad and beautiful at the same time...

Great lyrics as always, and this beautiful tune ... I love it!

Of course this song was not written about Rita and him,

but things always happen twice in one's lifetime...

It was Kris' first No 1 country hit as a writer in 1970

It was "Song of the Year" (and "Single Record of the Year") of the Academy of Country Music in 1970 -

(That was the first time a writer had won "Song of the Year" awards from both the Country Music Association - with "Sunday Mornin' comin' down"- AND the Academy of Country Music for different songs in the same year)

In 1971 Ray Price won a Grammy Award for "Best Male Country Vocal Performance" with it.

The scenes are from the movies

"The last honor of Kathryn Beck"- aka "Act of Passion" (1984) and

"Blood and Orchids" (TV, 1986).

Both movies are great to me and worth watching anyway, but only available on VHS tapes.

... The latter one is available on DVD now

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0035QHNVU

Kris already began to write the song in 1968, in his Opel, on one of his endless rides from Nashville to the Gulf.

"I began a song about making love to a woman for the last time. After a while the melody really got to me. I couldn't wait to get to a guitar. I was riding along thinking about that part where it says, 'Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowin' soft against the window,' and I wondered if I could play it. I wrote only the first part of the lyrics then. A while went before I finished it, I can't remember how long.... But I do remember who I wrote it about." Probably it was inspired by the dying days of his relationship to Fran...

Now it's hard to believe that for a time some radio stations wouldn't play the original recording by Bill Nash because of its "overtly sexual content"; indeed for a brief time, Kris couldn't even find anyone who wanted to record the song... And then? A spokeman for Buckhorn Music, which published the song shortly before Kris switched to Combine Music, said later, "It's recorded by pretty much everyone who comes into town to do an album, Englebert Humperndinck, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, Chet Atkins, Loretta Lynn and many more."

For the good times

Don't look so sad, I know it's over

But life goes on and this old world

will keep on turning

Let's just be glad we had some time

to spend together

There's no need to watch the bridges

that we're burning

Lay your head upon my pillow,

hold your warm and tender body close to mine

Hear the whisper of the raindrops

blowin' soft against the window

And make believe you love me one more time

For the good times

I'll get along, you'll find another

And I'll be here if you should find

you ever need me

Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever

There'll be time enough for sadness

when you leave me

Lay your head upon my pillow

Hold your warm and tender body close to mine

Hear the whisper of the raindrops

Blowin' soft against my window

Make believe you love me

one more time

For the good times

For the good times (1968)

Schau nicht so traurig, ich weiß, es ist vorbei.

Aber das Leben geht weiter

und diese alte Welt wird sich weiterdrehen.

Lass uns einfach froh sein,

dass wir einige Zeit zusammen verbringen konnten

Wir müssen uns nicht die Brücken anschauen, die wir verbrennen.

Leg deinen Kopf auf mein Kissen,

halte deinen warmen und zärtlichen Körper

dicht an meinen

Hör das Flüstern der Regentropfen

weich gegen das Fenster schlagen

Und lass mich noch einmal glauben, dass du mich liebst -

wegen der guten Zeiten

Ich werd zurecht kommen,

du wirst einen anderen finden.

Und ich werde hier sein falls du je entscheidest, dass du mich brauchst.

Sag kein Wort über das Morgen oder das Fürimmer.

Es wird noch genug Zeit sein fürs Traurigsein

wenn du mich verlässt...

Comments

8 years ago

barbara covell

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8 years ago

nora sea

K. Kristorfesson.,,..My wife is in recovery..from cancer,..Well, I don't say such word &

8 years ago

Vjekoslav Bebic

happy weekend my dear frends <3sretan vikend moji dragi prijatelji<3

8 years ago

Laura Martinello

Non essere così triste, lo sò che è finita,ma la vita va avanti e questo vecchio mondo continuerà a girare.Cerchiamo solo di essere contenti di aver avuto del tempo speso assieme.Non c'è bisogno di stare a guardare i ponti che stiamo bruciando.Stendi la tua testa sul mio cuscino.tieni il tuo corpo caldo e morbido vicno al mio.Ascolta il mormorio delle gocce di pioggia,che soffia morbido contro la finestra,e fa credere che tu mi ami ancora una volta,per i bei tempi.Io andrò avanti, tu troverai qualcun altro,e sarò qui se tu dovessi scoprire che hai bisogno di me.Non dire una parola sul domani o sul per sempre,ci sarà abbastanza tempo per la tristezza quando mi lasciStendi la tua testa sul mio cuscino,tieni il tuo corpo caldo e morbido vicno al mio.Ascolta il mormorio delle gocce di pioggia,che soffia morbido contro la finestra,e fa credere che tu mi ami ancora una volta,per i bei tempi.

8 years ago

BHLOADIDNEER

I cry to this song thinking of my Nan that passed in December... I love you Nan... Rest well angel...

8 years ago

Vladimir Bozinov

Check out this video on YouTube: My memories "for the good times"

8 years ago

Andy Cook

Great song

8 years ago

Brian Byrne

you sure put them together.

9 years ago

thereddirtgirl1

......and still one of the sexiest guys on this planet!! :)

9 years ago

Jihwa Kim

Beautiful song

9 years ago

Omar Lencina

Kris Kristofferson - For the good times (1970)

9 years ago

Linda Adams

Try Willie Nelson`s version too......beautiful.

9 years ago

alimanslayer

the go to song for a heartbreak

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