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Sunday Morning Coming Down

This version of Sunday Morning Coming Down was released by Waylon Jennings in 1971.

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Well, I woke up Sunday mornin’ 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 desert.

Then I fumbled through my closet to my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
And I shaved my face and combed my hair
Stumbled down the stair to meet the day.

Well, I’d smoke my mind the night before
With cigarettes and songs that I’d been picking
But I lit my first and watched the small kid
Cussing the can that he was kicking.

Then I crossed the empty street and caught
The Sunday smell of someone frying chicken
And it took me back to somethin’
That I’d lost somehow, somewhere along the way.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk
Wishing Lord, that I was stoned
‘Cause there’s something in a Sunday
Makes a body feel alone.

And there’s nothing sure to dying
Half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.

In the park I saw a daddy
With the laughin’ little girl that he was swinging
Then I stopped beside a Sunday school
Listened to the songs they were singing.

I headed back for home and somewhere far away
A lonely bell was ringing
And it echoed through the canyons
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk
Wishing Lord, that I was stoned
‘Cause there’s something in a Sunday
Makes a body feel alone…

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Waylon Jennings has released many songs over the years besides Sunday Morning Coming Down. Waylon Jennings released songs from 1964 to 1972 spanning across albums like JD's, Leavin' Town, Folk-Country, Nashville Rebel, Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan, The One And Only, Love Of The Common People, Only The Greatest, Jewels, Hangin' On, Just To Satisfy You, Country-Folk, Waylon, Singer Of Sad Songs, Don't Think Twice, The Taker/Tulsa, Cedartown, Georgia, and Good Hearted Woman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Waylon Jennings.

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The lyrics for Sunday Morning Coming Down are defined as the words making up the song released by Waylon Jennings in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sunday Morning Coming Down have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Waylon Jennings and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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