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Upthevibe

(9,110 posts)
1. ................
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 06:12 PM
Sep 29

................R.I.P, Kris Kristofferson.......

I don't know if most people know that he wrote a crapload of songs that were recorded by others'.

Also, he was a Rhodes Scholar....

marble falls

(62,159 posts)
5. And a Ranger. The way he got Johnny Cash to sing this song after he ignored the tape he was sent, was to land the helo .
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 07:07 PM
Sep 29

... on Johnny Cashes front lawn.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,595 posts)
8. My favorite Kristofferson song. Here's the Johnny Cash Show version...
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 08:24 PM
Sep 29

with Shelbyville, Tennessee music video and dialog.


Johnny Cash Fanatic YouTube

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
And I shaved my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

[Verse 2]
I'd smoked my brain the night before
On cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Cussin' at a can that he was kickin'
Then I crossed the empty street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
And it took me back to somethin'
That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way

[Chorus]
On the Sunday morning sidewalks
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned
Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
Half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleepin' city sidewalks
Sunday mornin' comin' down

[Verse 3]
In the park, I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl who he was swingin'
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the song that they were singin'
Then I headed back for home
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'
And it echoed through the canyons
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday

[Chorus]
On the Sunday morning sidewalks
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned
Cause there's something in a Sunday
Makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
Half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleepin' city sidewalk
Sunday mornin' comin' down

[Outro]
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do


"and found my cleanest dirty shirt" Kris sure could take a person on a mental journey, especially those of having had alcohol addiction issues in our lives.

Thanks for posting, Marble Falls.........
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