Brenda Lee & Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the ☾ Night ☾

Show was taped in Dec 1984. Singer/songwriters usually have a heartfelt but rather flat delivery. On the other hand, a singer like Brenda Lee can swoop and swirl and hit all the notes despite coming at them from different directions.

Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F695639326C54677

Mr C's Amazin' Fact
In the late 50s, one of Brenda Tarpley's best friends in Jr High and later at Maplewood High in Nashville was a tall beauty named Rita Coolidge. As it happened, Coolidge married Kris Kristofferson in 1973 and had her own hit records. The couple divorced in 1980 and Kristofferson married his present wife, Lisa Meyers, in 1983.

Take the ribbon from your hair,
Shake it loose and let it fall,
Layin' soft upon my skin.
Like the shadows on the wall.

Come and lay down by my side
till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong,
I wont try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone
and tomorrow's out of sight.
And it's sad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong,
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone
and tomorrow's out of sight.
And it's sad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't want to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Live Performance
• duet

[MrCallipygous]

Now I think Kris simply forgot who had the next line and whispers something like "next line you?" It makes sense because he does sing the line later in the song. Then he says "That's pretty!" as they cut to the violins. Deleted my old posts on this.

[biggestkrisfan]

OK, not to make you feel you're the only commenter ;-) I know Kris loves to hear other artists sing his songs, but to me - though her voice might be or is great - this song must be sung by a man and sure Kris is the only one that can put in the right emotions and feelings. I'd never prefer any of his songs by another singer than himself... But thanks for the posting.

[MrCallipygous]

Kris wrote it for a male, but the song took an unexpected turn when Sammi Smith had a #1 Country hit and top ten pop hit with it. The lyrics were then considered shocking for a female to sing. Many female versions followed and today many people consider the song to be part of the feminist / women's liberation movement of the 70s.

[rightously]

I think the Johnny Cash- June Carter version is better

[benjaminlhaines]

@biggestkrisfan You might want to check out the Tina Turner version; it's pretty good, even though it ain't Kris. Hey, and how about Gordon Lightfoot's Me and Bobby McGee? I always liked the dobro color on that record.

[sleepytimegalz]

I love this..it is so very nice. Sure glad that I came across it..Thank you so very much for posting it..it's very special!! phyllis....

[biggestkrisfan]

What makes me smile, they were holding hands the whole song over ... They'd better given him his guitar ;-)

[biggestkrisfan]

You actually can hear him say the words before they cut to the violins?? I can't ...

[biggestkrisfan]

@MrCallipygous ... yep, this really was a funny story to me with her cover; when I read about Sammi and this song for the first time I thought it was a male singer ... But I couldn't find that version on a CD... And when I finally heard it realizing it was a woman I was pretty surprised...

[kristoffersonrules]

Nice! Thank you!