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had just completed. Kristofferson was impressed and assured Shaver he would include it on his release. Shaver, who thought
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him and how it controls him, inevitably seducing women. Kristofferson was known among his peers to easily cause the infatuation of women, a recurring theme in the songs of the album. According to
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Kristofferson worked earlier as a bartender; the patrons included musicians and songwriters. Kristofferson describes a man drinking in a bar; he is too shy to talk to a woman. As the character gets drunk, he tries to warn the woman of "The Silver Tongued Devil" that alcohol brings out in
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Kristofferson was gone along with much of the wry humor, and in their place were touches of morbidity and sentimentality".
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2936:The Essential Kris Kristofferson
2433:Kristofferson: The Wild American
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2749:Spooky Lady's Sideshow
2550:. BandLab Technologies
2412:Larkin, Colin (2011).
2393:Larkin, Colin (2006).
2030:"Top 60 Pop Spotlight"
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1838:Billboard staff 2 2020
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1850:Miller, Stephen 2009
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1697:Thomson, Greame 2016
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2833:The Austin Sessions
2826:A Moment of Forever
2819:Third World Warrior
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2344:Hurd, Mary (2015).
2281:Cusic, Don (2008).
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2968:For the Good Times
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2847:Closer to the Bone
2688:Kris Kristofferson
2641:. Billboard book.
2595:. Crescent Books.
2527:. Harper Collins.
2331:. Wenner Media LLC
2100:"Hot Country LP's"
1987:has generic name (
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1874:Coppage, Noel 1972
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