Kris Kristofferson - The eagle and the bear (Breakthrough, 1989)

Here's a playlist with more songs from that concert:
• Breakthrough (1989) - ...
Kris Kristofferson and The Borderlords:
Billy Swan, Stephen Bruton - guitar, vocals
Glen Clark - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
Tommy McClure - bass
Donnie Fritts - keyboards, vocals
Sammy Creason - drums
Danny Timms - keyboard, vocals
The eagle and the bear
I will fight and I will die for freedom
Up against an eagle or a bear
And I will help my brother and we'll sink or swim together
And if you don't like it mister I don't care
'Cause I have served with honor in the army
I have seen a soldier overseas
I have seen my Fatherland stagger like a dying man
Blinded and bewildered by disease
And I ain't gonna take it any longer
I can't look around it anymore
I'll defend what I believe in a land of liberty
Like my father did before
And I'll just pray to God for Nicaragua
And the sorrow of El Salvador today
And I'll say until the day we free Mandela
All the world will be in chains
Der Adler und der Bär
Ich werde kämpfen und ich werde sterben für die Freiheit
Mich behaupten gegen den Adler oder den Bären.
Und ich werde meinem Bruder helfen
Und wir werden zusammen untergehen oder schwimmen.
Und wenn Ihnen das nicht gefällt, Mister, dann ist mir das egal.
Denn ich habe ehrenvoll in der Armee gedient.
Ich habe einen Soldaten in Übersee getroffen
Ich habe mein Vaterland gesehen, taumelnd wie ein sterbender Mann
Verblendet und verwirrt vom Leiden.
Und ich wird es nicht länger hinnehmen
Ich kann nicht mehr drüber hinweg sehen
Ich werde verteidigen, woran ich glaube in einem Land der Freiheit
Wie es schon mein Vater getan hat
Und ich bete zu Gott für Nikaragua
Und das Leid von El Salvador heutzutage
Und bis zum Tag, an dem wir Mandela befreien, werde ich sagen,
Die ganze Welt ist noch immer in Ketten...
The song is on Kris's album Third World Warrior (1990) with so meaningful and probably political songs that some people didn't (maybe still don't?) like. But I do- because they showed that Kris was caring about what was happening around... Some people never do.
The album is available with a double album (Repossessed,1986 and Third World Warrior, 1990)) titled "The country collection"
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Kris's performance is from a concert at the Boulder Theatre in 1989, which was filmed and added by some touching montage footage to several of the songs, as well as some short interview parts in which Kris talks about his evolution from Vietnam volunteer to disillusioned patriot, about freedom and William Blake, to make an impressive documentary, which is available on dvd.
The dvd contains awesome performances of the songs:
Don' t let the bastards get you down,
The eagle and the bear,
Me and Bobby McGee,
Burden of freedom,
Aguila del norte,
Third World warrior,
Shipwrecked in the eighties,
The pilgrim,
They killed him,
The hero,
To beat the devil,
Third World War,
Under the gun.
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