Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos

Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos is the first release of the recording demos done by Kris Kristofferson between 1968 and 1972 while working as a janitor at Columbia Records. Many of these songs would later go on to be rerecorded on later Kristofferson albums or by other artists including Janis Joplin, Al Green, and Johnny Cash.

Track listing

All songs by Kris Kristofferson except where noted

1. "Me and Bobby Mcgee (Fred Foster, Kristofferson)"
2. "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"
3. "Smile At Me Again"
4. "The Lady's Not For Sale"
5. "Border Lord"
6. "Just The Other Side Of Nowhere"
7. "Come Sundown"
8. "Slow Down"
9. "If You Don't Like Hank Williams"
10. "Little Girl Lost"
11. "Duvalier's Dream"
12. "When I Loved Her"
13. "Billy Dee"
14. "Epitaph (Black and Blue)" (Donnie Fritts, Kristofferson)
15. "Enough for You"
16. "Getting By, High, and Strange"

Personnel

• Kris Kristofferson – Guitar, Vocals

Chart performance