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Don't Cuss The Fiddle

Kris Kristofferson

© Resaca Music, BMI

I scandalized my brother while admitting that he sang some pretty songs
I'd heard that he'd been scandalizing me and Lord I knew that that was wrong
Now I'm looking at it over something cool and feeling fool enough to see
What I had called my brother on now he had every right to call on me

Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune
That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you
If we ever get to heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong
We're in this gig together so let's settle down and steal each other's song

I found a wounded brother drinking bitterly away the afternoon
And soon enough he turned one me like he'd done every face in that saloon
Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal a decent song
But as soon as it was spoken we was sad enough to wish that we were wrong

Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune...

I know that it sounds silly but I think that I just stole somebody's song
She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
And she loves him inspite of the ways that she don't understand
And through teardrops and laughter they pass through this world hand in hand
She's a good hearted woman lovin' her good timin' man

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