Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through The Night Lyrics

Kris Kristofferson Lyrics

"Help Me Make It Through The Night"

Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against 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 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 care what's right or wrong, (Yes, I do!)
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
Lord, it's bad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

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Writer(s): Kris Kristofferson

Sammi Smith made the most successful cover version of this song in 1970. Other notable covers were made by Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Willie Nelson.

Kris Kristofferson performed "Help Me Make It Through the Night" as a duet with Miss Piggy of The Muppets when he was a guest of The Muppet Show in 1978.

This song earned Kris Kristofferson a Grammy for "Best Country Song" in 1971.