Sunday Morning Coming Down
Johnny Cash Lyrics
Well, I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
I'd smoked my mind the night before
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Playing with a can that he was kicking
Then I walked across the street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone's frying chicken
And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost
Somewhere, somehow along the way
On a Sunday morning sidewalk
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down
In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl that he was swinging
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs they were singing
Then I headed down the street
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing
And it echoed through the canyons
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday
On a Sunday morning sidewalk
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down
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Written by: Kris Kristofferson
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Kris Kristofferson wrote this while living in a run-down tenement in Nashville when he was working as a janitor for Columbia Records. He was told if he was caught pitching songs to any artists he would be fired. He delivered this song personally to Johnny Cash after landing his National Guard helicopter in Cash's front yard - the best way he could think of to get Cash's attention. Kris made Johnny Cash listen to the song before removing the helicopter. Read Full BioKris Kristofferson wrote this while living in a run-down tenement in Nashville when he was working as a janitor for Columbia Records. He was told if he was caught pitching songs to any artists he would be fired. He delivered this song personally to Johnny Cash after landing his National Guard helicopter in Cash's front yard - the best way he could think of to get Cash's attention. Kris made Johnny Cash listen to the song before removing the helicopter. After hearing it Cash said he "liked his songs so much that I would take them off and not let anybody else hear them." Cash recorded the song live on The Johnny Cash Show, and before the show, ABC censors asked him to change the lyrics, "Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned" to "Wishing, Lord, that I was home." Cash sang it the way Kristofferson wrote it, and even stressed the word "stoned."
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Giordano Bruno
For those who say Vietnam vets weren’t spit on and cursed at when they returned.......
Fuck you.
My cousin was a scout. I witnessed it happen to him when he returned at SFO.
So you can just fuck off with the “it didn’t happen” bullshit.
It did. I witnessed it first hand happen to my family.
Go fuck yourself.
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great country 🌷 🎶 ❤️
Reverend Howl
Be a shame someone break it?
Hand Sanitizer
@Denis Costa its been two years, how u doin
Tyler Cooke
@Lori Holman especially if you have ever had a tendency to INDULGE in amphetamines! Ya know... Maybe if you tried it....for 10 years! Hey-yo!
Lori Holman
Song is great that's all, no matters who you are, or what you are,what color you are. All can relate. ☮️
Kim Fick
Denis Costa huh. Fc bb. Bcxxxxx
Rocky Jordon
I was a heroin addict when I 1st heard to song and it made me cry that was 35 years ago and I've been clean for 30
johnny the hatchett Mozetti
Couple years clean from H now, never marked the day, however, I will a Sunday morning beer n tomato juice!
Butter Dog
Good job dude
dallas.chris
HAppy SUNDAY.