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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Vocals
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elliot Federman
Elliot Federman
Mastering Engineer
Mike Hartry
Mike Hartry
Producer

Lyrics

Welcome to 2003 minus 25
Oh, say can you smell her for the smoke?
God's still up there laughin' so He's gotta be alive
Who says He can't take a dirty joke?
Power isn't, power does and power slips away
It's so easy to abuse
Who'd have thought them Arabs would've bought the USA
Just to give it to the Jews?
Singin' crime still don't pay just like it used to
And you know that time slips away till you die
And you know that I don't give a damn when I choose to
And you know that it don't hurt so bad when you're high
Oh, say does the future of the homesick and the brave
Even matter anymore
There ain't no more reason for them boys to run away
Than there was to fight before
Would you tell me why the hell we'd try to win back in a war?
What we wasted in the last?
Might just ain't as righteous as it used to be before
When your army's out of gas
Singin' crime still don't pay just like it used to
And you know that time slips away till you die
And you know that I don't give a damn when I choose to
And you know that it don't hurt so bad when you're high
Singin' crime still don't pay just like it used to
And you know that time slips away till you die
And you know that I don't give a damn
Written by: Kris Kristofferson
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