Kristofferson Kris

Sunday Morning Coming Down

Kristofferson Kris


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Well, I woke up Sunday morning 
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With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt 
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And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad 
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So I had one more for dessert 
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Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes 
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And found my cleanest dirty shirt 
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Then I washed my face and combed my hair 
 
Stumbled down the stairs to meet the day 
 
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I smoked my mind the night before
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With cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'
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But I lit my first and watched a small boy 
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Cussin' at a can that he'd been kickin'
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I crossed the empty street
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Caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
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And it took me back to somethin' that I'd lost
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Somewhere, somehow along the way 
 
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    On a Sunday morning sidewalk 
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I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stone 
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'Cause there's something in a Sunday 
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That makes a body feel alone 
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And there ain't nothing short of dying 
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Half as lonesome as the sound 
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Of a sleeping city sidewalk 
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Sunday morning coming down 
 
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In the park I saw a daddy
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With a laughin' little girl that he'd been swingin'
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And I stopped beside a Sunday school 
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Listened to the songs that they were singin'
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I headed down the road,
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Somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin' 
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And it echoed through the canyon
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Like a disappearin' dream of yesterday 

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    On a Sunday morning sidewalk 
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I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stone 
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'Cause there's something in a Sunday 
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That makes a body feel alone 
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And there ain't nothing short of dying 
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Half as lonesome as the sound 
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Of a sleeping city sidewalk 
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Sunday morning coming down