Jako syn generálmajora amerického letectva vyrůstal na různých vojenských základnách v Texasu a Kalifornii. Od dětství byl obdivovatelem hudby country (Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie) a v jedenácti letech složil první písně. Navštěvoval Pomona...

Píseň: Tell Me One More Time

Interpret:
Kris Kristofferson
Album:
Closer To The Bone
Girl I guess I've been forgiving
 I've acquired a taste for living
 Just when I was close to giving up the ghost 
 and I be what I believe
 About as often as I can be 
 and I maybe can be oftener than most


 And if the best I have to offer is the chances you will be taking 
 with The heart that you will be breaking if you lose
 well I can't tell you how to Take it
 girl I know you know the answer darling tell me one more time Before you choose, 
 did you feel a little lighting, did you feel a little thunder,
 That was barely running under your control 
 was it just A little frightening, 
 as he stared into the wonder of the deep and starry splendor of your soul
 I won't be Surprised to see you heading down the highway 
 just like every dream I never see Come true
 look for me to go on living
 if you loving me or leaving darling tell me One more time before you do
 did you feel a little lighting, did you feel a little Thunder
 that was barely running under your control
 was it just a little frightening When he stared
 into the wonder of the deep and starry Splendor of your soul.