Kris Kristofferson - Sunday morning coming down (1970)
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From Kris' debut album "Kristofferson" (1970)
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No-one else has ever sung this song with so much sadness and despair in his voice...
The scenes for my video are from
"Cisco Pike" (1971)
"Trouble in mind" (1985)
"Heaven's Gate" (1980)
"Semi-tough" (1977)
"A star is born" (1976)
a tiny scene is from the bio -docu about Kris and
a tiny effect is from "Millenium"
Kris said in an interview, "This song probably was the most directly autobiographical thing I had written. In those days I was living in a slum tenement that was torn down afterwards, but it was 25 dollars a month in a condemned building, and "Sunday Morning Coming Down" was more or less looking around me and writing about what I was doing. One time, some people broke into that place, and I had to call the police station to answer some questions about it, and the guy said, "Yeah, they really trashed the place when they went in there." But I hadn't noticed that it was any different. There were holes in the wall bigger than I was. It was quite a place, so "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is kind of more or less what I was living at that time. I guess it was depressing, I don't know, but the chorus was kind of uplifting. ... What I was really trying to do was to keep the feeling of loss and of sadness. For me at that time, it was the loss of my family and looking at a little kid swinging on a swing and his daddy pushing him. That was the feeling I wanted to get for the whole song. I think Sunday was the choice because the bars were closed in the morning and nobody was at work, so if you were alone, it was the most alone time..."
Sunday Morning coming down
Kris Kristofferson
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 (washed) my face and combed my hair
and stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
I'd smoked so much the night before,
my mouth was like an ashtray I'd been licking
(I'd smoked my brain the night before on cigarettes and songs
that I've been pickin')
but I lit my first and watched a small kid
cussin' at a can that he was kicking
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
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
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.
Sunday Morning coming down
Ich wachte auf am Sonntagmorgen,
fand keine Möglichkeit, meinen Kopf zu halten
ohne dass er schmerzte.
Und das Bier, das ich zum Frühstück hatte war nicht schlecht,
so nahm ich noch eins zum Nachtisch.
Dann tastete ich mich durch meinen Kleiderschrank
nach meinen Klamotten
und fand mein sauberstes Schmutzhemd.
Und ich rasierte (später: wusch ich) mein Gesicht
und kämmte meine Haare
Und stolperte die Treppe runter, um den Tag zu treffen.
Ich hatte die Nacht zuvor so viel geraucht,
dass mein Mund wie ein Aschenbecher war, den ich ausleckte
(später: ich hab die Nacht zuvor meinen Verstand verqualmt
mit Zigaretten und Songs, die ich spielte)
aber ich zündete mir die erste an und beobachtete einen kleinen Jungen,
wie er auf eine Dose fluchte, die er kickte
(Johnny fluchte nicht, er spielte nur mit der Dose).
Dann überquerte ich die leere Straße
und fing den sonntäglichen Geruch von einem Braten ein
und der brachte mich zurück zu etwas,
das ich irgendwie irgendwo auf meinem Weg verloren hatte.
Auf den Gehwegen am Sonntagmorgen
wünschte ich bei Gott, ich wäre berauscht.
Weil da ist etwas an einem Sonntag,
das einen dazu bringt, sich ganz allein zu fühlen.
Und es gibt nichts so nah am Sterben
halb so einsam wie den Klang
auf den verschlafenen Gehwegen der Stadt,
wenn man sich am Sonntagmorgen vom Rausch der letzten Nacht erholt.
Im Park sah ich einen Papa
mit einem lachenden kleinen Mädchen,
das er schaukelte.
Und ich hielt an einer Sonntagsschule
und lauschte dem Lied, das sie sangen.
Dann ging ich zurück nach Hause und
hörte irgendwo in der Ferne eine einsame Glocke läuten,
und das Echo hallte durch die Schlucht
wie die verschwindenden Träume von gestern.
Auf den Gehwegen am Sonntagmorgen...
I’m 3 years clean boys. Thank God and my family. I lost all my friends... but I’m a better person now.
You didn’t lose your friends you lost. Acquaintances . There is a difference. 🙃
They weren't your friends. Keep on, keepin on!
Awesome. Just don't pick up
Those friends didnt make you a better person
If you lost those people when becoming sober you didn´t really need them anyway.
I lived in this cycle for twenty two years. 11 weeks clean yesterday.
11 weeks 2 days tomorrow
Good for you man. I’m stuck in it right now. I’ll get there though.
Good for you. Keep rolling. Remember, its poison.
Keep going cariad - well done you x
2 and a half years. Grace of God!
No one has ever captured loneliness in a song better than this.
Testify brother!!
And no one could have put it better than you.True
@@wesleygraham2741 God Bless Kris , a walking testimony to the world 😇
Try Johnnie Cash.
Great comment, so true.❤
This man has never received his just deserve. One of the greatest singer/songwriters of our lifetime. God bless him!
Genius!
Yes he has ! To those that matter, he has.
Correct.
I agree. Kris Kristofferson is one of the forgotten greats. "Self-Titled" and "The Silver Tongue Devil and I" are masterpieces of 70's country. I believe that there will be a time where he's discovered by a newer generation. His lyrics and vocals are too good to be forgotten
@@joed7185 Well said. To me he is up with Hank,Johnny, and Dylan. As good as it gets on his top 15 to 20 or so.
My 75 year old mother has advanced dementia, but when you put on a Kristofferson song, she comes to life and remembers all the words. Grew up with his music in the background. Never a fan at the time, but I sure appreciate him now.
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I hope you have wonderful memories of your mom before dementia. Must be so painful to see it happen. I wish you both comfort.
That's cool man Kris has Lyme disease and could die at any minute there's no cure last I heard he wasn't doing good but yeah he's got that voice my dad would remember him he works in all field flying helicopters back in the day and the Gulf of Mexico that is and it was it was having a damn good time back then they said but kris is flying a little low today could use a few prayers
@@ritakisil1508 Kris Kristofferson 344
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Thank you Kris Kristofferson for writing one of the best songs Johnny Cash ever sang.
Anybody who's ever struggled with alcohol or drug addiction understands just how profound this song really is. 🙏
You are right on, brings back some very sad memories 😢
And anyone who's ever lost someone they love to it, watching this happening, feeling their sense of wretchedness and desperation...
I'll drink to that.
You're so right. I'm struggling myself at the moment
@@spitroast76 me too.
Listening to this song when I was literally in the depths of the worst pain captured what this song represents. 13 years sober and I’ve lived through this song, it’s a masterpiece.
Touches all souls
Would someone please pray for me I have never ask this before having a really bad day
12-6-20
I just said a prayer for you, Jerry. I don't know your specific need, but God knows. He is the Great Physician and Healer. May God give you courage, wisdom and strength for this day and this moment.
Please find strength in your soul for yourself and the people who love you.
You've got my prayers.
if I could help you, I would. I need a friend too. A real friend
happy new year, is a cliche which means nothing.
I always answer you if you need to connect, my friend
Canterbury U.K.
Done
I remember 1970 when this album came out. His voice was magnetic and the songs on it were poetic. He wasn't well known yet among my hippie friends from the 60's..Yet I always had an affinity for country music and folk rock back then. I knew this guy wasn't going away. "Me and Bobbie McGee" turned so many on to the singer songwriter with the funny name...Fast forward to 2024, having been sober for many years, my life has changed beyond my wildest imagination...Thanks Kris for helping me through the dark times...I'll never forget ...
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Such an awesome post!
Mine too after 21 years as of feb 27, 2024 and hearing all along the way things will get better I’m now homeless.
Yo don't give in dude don't give up. chin up chest out@@CharleysMom2
Grew up around the time he landed a helecopter in Johnny's backyard to showcase his music. I have always enjoyed a beer and 2 on a Sunday morning is still pretty normal. Honestly, I hope I celebrate with a few cold beers on my last day - amen
I was just wondering when an where I heard of Kris Kristofferson. It was Janis Joplin singing Me and Bobby Magee. Lol
Kris and this song pretty much saved my life and he doesn't even know it.
Yes he does🌹
Congratulations 🙏🏼
❤️
Yes he does
33 years sober. It don't mean a thing. It's the one day, one hour, one minute, battles we must win. Some things may get easier with time, but so too can complacency. The monster is patient. Sometimes I need these reminders of the pain, lest I take it all for granted.
Beautifully stated and accurate.
Thank you. Your words strengthen sobriety resolve that’s been wavering. The monster is indeed patient, insidious & cunning.
@LW-vs2su I thank you as well. There are many who shared with me a gift I didn't really deserve. I can only keep it by giving it away. Don't go it alone.
The monster is indeed ruthless to the core
I just keep feeding the monster. My anguish
My dad always called this one an anthem for drunks, told me to listen closely. He always smiles when he hears that line "cleanest dirty shirt" :-D
'cleanest dirty shirt", made my mother smile, but then she done the washing for our family from the late 60's all thru the 70's and for another 30 yrs.
And depressed or grieving
@@isay207 Absolutely
Some people have reasons , but everyone isn't a drunk , that's ignorant to say, a drunk is a lost soul who has given up on life for reasons , even then the term drunk is degrading ! Joe South had a song.,.Walk a mile in my Shoes ! Just saying . Vietnam Vet Tom , don't judge for you will be judged by Almighty God! Can you stand before him, with the stone you are throwing ? Through Jesus Christ pray to Almighty God for forgiveness in sincerely and you will be forgiven.
Vietnam Vet Tom
@@Thomas-uw1gq Amen. I bristled at that word too
I never saw this video until today Jan 29 2023. As I turn 62 next month and after singing this song most of my life , in old bands and driving down the highways of life until this very moment when seeing the memories of life played out by Kriss… it came clear to me just how lonely it can be when you have everything but miss the one thing you have always longed for! Name me one song today that brings out these emotions… who ever put this video together, if you ever read this “ Thank you for finding the emotion to the words and putting this together”
Peace to you !
Same here, but May 2024... turn 77 this month and been listening to this song for 55 years. Those scenes take me back...
One of the best songs ever written. There are songwriters and then there is Kristofferson
He's a story teller. And I love a couple of sam Stone songs that I honestly can't get through without crying my heart out.
He's a genius pure and simple 👌
oh cman . its a good song but there is no need to go crazy and put things out of perspective, right?
you got that right brother
I'll still stand on your grandma's coffee table in muddy cowboy boots and say Townes Van Zandt is the greatest songwriter who ever lived, and Kris, Shane MacGowan, and John Prine would clap for it.
I’m really appreciating how he stood up for & stood by Sinéad O’Connor at the Bob Dylan tribute show years ago. Thank you, Kris! ❤
Years before the general public knew about Catholic Church abuses, Sinead was speaking out about it. And Kris held her in his arms for it. Bless her, bless him.
I already had great respect for Kris, but on that day my respect for him grew tenfold!
Doesn't matter who you are. This song cuts to the bone.
Totally
And that's the truth...
Yeah
Yes, because most people can relate.
Such a beautiful song. Kris is one hell of a poet.
Still among the most brilliant lyrics ever written! Happy 85th Birthday Kris!
Hello friend, how're you doing today?
Great song. Not sure I'd go that far though
Is he THAT old already? I don't imagine guys like Kris ever getting old, they just stay the way there always are or else they just fade away into eternity.
@@wingerding pķlll
"old soldiers never die,they just fade away".General Douglass MC Arthur.@@po9318
I am a student of literature, and I have to say his songs are pure poetry. Love him ❤️
Well, he was a Rhodes scholar and a poet.
@@mikenolan1080.. As well as being a member of the Mensa society.
Great song, one of the best. 22 years sober here.
Happy to hear, 7 years here but going OK
Almost 25 yrs clean and sober this song touches me still deeply. It so true as it can be. Regards from Finland
Hello happy new year thank you for all the comment,love and support I really appreciate it you can write to my email on kristoffersonkris1@gmail.com stay bless
No one gives a damn.
I worked in Finland a while back in the day.
Clean and sober is not hard with alchohol prices there.
Regardless, it is a good song.
💙
@@torquetorque1777 if the price bothers you then you are not a real alcoholic
I don't know why this song always makes me cry maybe it's because that was me
You're not alone out there.
I had a OXYCODON addiction after a terrible accident that crushed some of my vertebrae!
! Was 69 years old then ! When I was 18 I bought the first elpee from Kris Kristofferson ,but this song will always remember me the struggle to get clean ,I was in hell during stopping this terrible drug addiction ! But I made it! Now I’m 72 ,almost 73 ………. I got my life back and tonight I heard I listened to this song again ……. Everyone who is or was on alcohol or drug addiction feels how deep and profound this song is ! The loneliness,the pain, the tears ,the sorrow, depression ,the anger….………. All those feelings you have to feel and face to leave the hell and getting back your own life ,and finding heaven on earth! With rest and peace in body,heart and your soul! To all who try…… you can do it, you will succeed, trust your strength to become the captain of your own life! To all I wish you love and happiness and will say a prays to give you the strength to embrace yourself …..and be clean! You can do it! It’s worth while … 💫💫💫🙏
Just rember your strong
This is a man that was a Rhodes Scholar, lettered in boxing then flew helicopters in the US Army. West Point graduate and offered a teaching spot at The Point. Amazingly brilliant man and fans should discover his true biography.
Kris lived like 7 lifetimes in 1. Amazingly accomplished.
He’s an Army Ranger School alumnis.
He was a janitor in in Nashville when Johnny Cash pick him up
He wasn’t a W.P. graduate, but was offered a teaching position there. He’s from a military family and his dad was a US Army general (not sure exact rank - either 1 or 2 star). Regardless - yeah - he’s had some incredible highs - and lows.
@@jameslyons1624 he begged for a job at Columbia records to be near stars he might slip one of his songs to with high hopes.
He left a job flying a helicopter from an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest classics ever written. KK is one of the very best writers to put words together and make em work. Knowing what they mean is what makes it a true classic.
You cannot sing a song with this much heart and soul unless you have lived it...
' .....I a lot like you are,.......'
Everyone listening to this right now - hope you are all doing OK ❤
This song reminds me about my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost the battling to cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I miss her smiles, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, and I never miss a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times, there is some pain, I will cry in vain but won’t let you know how I will feel yes, I will miss you to the core! but some times i wonder why bad thing always happen to good people. She’s always in our hearts.
As good as I can do
I'm not.
I feel like the song makes it worse
Gives me a reason
I come to tears every time I hear this song.
I sobered up at 21 and this was my life from 16 to 21.
I know it’s not a long time but you don’t forget being in absolute hell.
Coming up on 37 years clean and sober and I can still touch the pain of Sunday Morning Coming Down!
Good health and stay sober, Thomas Ireland.
To God be the glory
Your a cry baby get your ass out and put your address please .
Love Kris! A true poet! Thank you for sharing your music with us. Peace, Love, and Light to ALL!!❤
Great song. Anybody out there trying to get or stay sober, one day at time. Keep going. They told me everything would be okay and life would get better. That was over 16 years ago. They were right. Life got better, and i don't miss it one bit. Living sober is incredible.
Hello happy new year thank you for all the love,comment and support I really appreciate it kindly write to my email on kristoffersonkris1@gmail.com stay bless
Bob Dylan said all will be well in the end if it's not well it's not the end yet
@@winstonenglish285 every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.
I envy you, friend ( virtual) cos we will never meet
Well done
25 years sober, like everyone else this song is the story of my life. KK is the greatest
Wow , this song totally describes my life the past 35 years. I lost mom when I was young and life was never the same again. I lost all the dreams I had when I was young. I was just trying to survive emotionally. Alcohol,women,friends, didn't help. Whenever Sundays came around and I got the smell of someone frying chicken I would miss the sight of mom in the kitchen. Or when I saw a child walking down the road with their mom it hurt so bad. It's so true. No other day felt as lonely as a Sunday . Last year I found God and I could finally get healing from the past. Wish I found God sooner.
❤❤❤
Gone bless you and He has. Those 35 years for you find God, He was there all the while waiting for you. Have a beautiful relationship with Him.
The wonderful thing is you found God now.❤
하나님은 당신을 사랑하십니다 주님 안에서 행복하세요 ❤
@@user-zp2ek7ue4k sadly, there is no auto translate for your reply...🤔
I am 70. Remember this song when i reached rock bottom at age 19. Like it was yesterday. Play this song , brings back the memories of when i woke up one sunday morning in a railway station in Christchurch New Zealand . Did not know how i got to that point. Could not even rememder where i left my car before going on a drinking binge.Vietnam memories. Went onto very good life with a good wife. But this is alwaysa somber reminder
Once woke up under a tree in Finsbury Park, N. London. In those days a VERY dodgy part of town - don't know how I got there either...
God bless you !
Woke up in a old abandoned truck don’t remember getting in it in Aberdeen Scotland yeeehah I guess
im there
I hear you brother, after Vietnam I went on a 21 year drunk. An incredibly patient wife managed to sober me up for 23 years, but unfortunately my demons remained and she left me, so now I’m hitting the bottle again. It’s like the song says: “People say I should’ve been more, probably so if it hadn’t been for that crazy damn Vietnam war”
Whether it be by Cash, Nelson or Kristofferson, this song thus at your heart. You can almost feel the sadness., the depression, the isolation in Kristofferson's lyrics. Like Dylan, Kristofferson is a true icon in painting magical landscapes of feelings and emotions.
Oddly, it was the version by R Dean Taylor which first got me into this song..
20 years ago since I took back control of my life from alcohol, I thank from the bottom of my heart, my family and friends for not giving up on me.
This song is the epitome of sadness. Unforgettable.
😢
Probably the greatest songwriter presently living, perhaps that ever has lived.
True. Also consider Gordon Lightfoot!
Jason Isbell may fit in there somewhere too
Big call
Thanks kris only sober 2 weeks. But I’m getting there.
NEWS NOW IRELAND I wish you the best my friend
Good stuff you can beat it cause your strong
I hope you are still holding on to the dream...
Hope all is well best wishes
Play this song every day. It can remind you of what it was like.
Kristofferson's lyrics are simple perfection, he captures a feeling that a lot of us can relate to all too well.
That’s true, but a lot of people on here think otherwise. Do you think he should have done better on this song?
Found my cleanest dirty shirt, that one line, just about says it all. One of the best lines ever penned.
Timeless if your a loner,drunk,and a lost soul as I am... this is my anthem.
Its a strange world to see everyone around you living a life and finding yourself an outcast living on the edge, going nowhere.
Then stand up. Make the change. And follow God.
fellow lost soul
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You got a brother, mate, i am on kf them too
A timeless classic. One beautiful song. Loved it as a kid and now 50 yrs later still love it
8,000.000 views? deserves 80 Million no doubt.
Such a sad song. Brilliant lyrics.
65 years old , still drinking , still listening to this song . Bin thru a lot of shit , still cherish Kris and this song , you cannot know the torment in man's soul by looking at him. May whatever god you believe in help you friends . Peace eventually comes .
May God help you to and I hope you find peace also have a awesome Christmas
Me too!
Me also..shit life...70 now..no memories only regrets...Still at it
Wish you nothing but the best my friend..
Mike, whatever troubles you have...i hope one day you find peace.
I heard this song as a young girl and I was drinking hard,but hearing Kris singing this and understood that I was on my way to getting an alcoholic and managed to stop drinking before it was to late! Love you Kris Kristoffersen!❤️
You're a doll. Thanks for sharing your story.
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Still going
"found my cleanest dirty shirt" this line always gets me
I'm 35 years old and i'm from Ecuador but my father likes country a lot. He had some LP's and that kind of stuff. I love country with my soul. I'm listening this beautiful song right now with my husband and my one year baby girl is dancing slowly, she can feel it too. ❤
This makes me think about my father. King Alcohol took so many of his years. He drank away 2 relationships and 4 Children. And I´m not sure which father I miss the most. The one I had or the one I didn´t have. If you´re out there somewhere, dad, I hope you have found Peace.
You looked at my life story.
Fuck that made me cry!!!!... I hope he hears this somehow..... in someway.....we will all meet again someday!!!!... peace!!!! Too all!!!
wow LIVSANGEL you really hit home with me today. almost every word you speak reminds me of me when I was a child and had an alcoholic father, and my mom died and dad remarried and she left and there were 4 of us boys and. step sister and half brother ive never met. Dad pulled a shotgun on us one night when he was drunk , my oldest brother stepped in front of us. to protect us. and my other 2 brothers distracted him while I ran a mile ( I was 5 yrs old) to the nearest neighbor to get help, lucky for us my moms brother was driving down the road and saw me and. carried me back to our farm and walked up to daddy and took the shotgun away from him , and daddy broke down and started crying his eyes out, strangely enough we all went up to him and hugged him and told him we still loved him. ( you don't stop loving your dad. or an ancholic just because he pulls a shot gun on you ) , lucky for all of us it wasn't loaded , dad told us later that he took the shells out several weeks before cause he didn't want us to accidentally get ahold of it and. hurt someone . OMG GODS angels were among us then for sure.
it was shortly after that , that our dad gave custody of us to. my MOMS sister LUCY and she and Maggie raised us, MY father quit drinking about a year after that and. was remodeling the old farm house and it caught fire and. he swallowed flames and. he was burned over 80% of his body from the fire, HE died 30 days later in the hospital and I know he is in heaven because he told us one day he had turned his life over to GOD and got saved,
SO yes LIVSANGEL. I see that I knew your Father just like you knew mine. LOVE YOU DAD always and forever
Tears ....you struck a chord, I feel you.
May God be with you
One of the most underrated songs of all time. Genius act Kris.
True genius
OMG, another Under Rated Song comment. How Original dude.
Rhodes Scholar
It's good that his songs are underrated. They are not for everyone.
77 years still listing to that song
Coming up on 24 years since alcohol soothed my troubled mind.
20 years for me. Good on you
Happy Birthday to Kris Kristofferson who turns 83 today! A big THANKS to
Kris for all the years of music, movies, lyrics, and joy he has
provided to some many of us fans.
His lyrics were extraordinary, perhaps none better than in this unbelievably moving song.
'Then I headed back for home and somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing. And it echoed through the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.'
He had a gift.
It's pure poetry.
I’ve been a Kristofferson fan for many years and I agree that it is one of his best lines, especially “Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday”. It’s great that he is still living in his eighties. Probably the best living song writer. By quality, at least. Not by quantity.
Him and
The bit that resonates with me is the line 'and it took me back to something that Id lost somehow, somewhere along the way '. First heard this song sung by Johnny Cash did Kris Kristoferson write it for him? Also love Bobby Magee.
@@chrismckell5353 Kris wrote it but he actually did not write it for Johnny. Johnny just liked it and sang it.
I was 24 when quit at party by a voice inside saying What are you doing Alan Now 85 My friend been sober 43 years after spending in rehab on honeymoon We both praise God for the great years extra given to us
Well worth it Chris and well done you and Congrats keep on going
God bless you all
A wonderful version. The restrained singing beautifully conveys the ethos. I love the way Kristofferson can convey the emotion without falling into sentimentality.
God, does this masterpiece resonate with anyone who has ever been an addict. I remember so many Sunday mornings just like this. With the help of A.A. I'll be 34 years sober on October 1, 2018. My plea to anyone still struggling with alcoholism or any other addiction, please give A. A. your best shot. If it worked for me it'll work for anybody!
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Not for everybody. Could never get my head around the 'higher power' thing. Born an athiest, always have been. Seen too many people killed in the name of so called beliefs.
@@carolkatrawitz2314 Try attending the "We Agnostics" meetings. They helped me.
@@carolkatrawitz2314 but , but
ARE YOU CLEAN ???
I always sayif you've never been addicted you wonr truly appreciate kris
@@simonegraf508 Nah, his songs are great anyway, but you got a point. All have experienced extreme loneliness. Part of the human condition. That can get someone to relate to Kris's song here. Cheers.
Will be 20 years clean and sober, come this December.
Well done William, great achievement.
Great to hear I was never in that position. I was not a great drinker to start with
thats fucking beautiful
GOD bless you brother...that's awsome. A day at a time
Awesomeness, congrats
One of the greatest country songs I ever heard.Evertime I listen to it, it sends shivers down my spine. Thanks Kris for writing this song
I don't consider this "country" at all.
Half hilzbeck johnny cash will always be the best country and western ever
I’ve had a few of these. The memory still hurts. I’m glad I’ve had more good memories than bad.
73 years old, been sober for over 4 years now,I thank the lord every day for the love and understanding of my loving of 53 years
I'm gonna stop drinking immediately
This song owns my heart. Now 70 and great memories. Surprised I made 70. Special!!
Have been their pain got me clean will not forget Kris thank you
That video along with that song .....WOW .
And it echoed through the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday. Kris is a poet,what a beautiful phrase and so much truth and sadness in that line.One of the great American songwriters.
I have never been a drinker yet I sure can appreciate the heartfelt feeling of this song ❤
so can I 😊
Yeah,
jody and the kid is a great song of his also .
Do Yas know Kris has a master degree in lititure from Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. He also was a Ranger an helicopter pilot along with being a Captain of his unit in the Army. He quit in 1965 to become an activist opposing the Vietnam war! How about that! Love ya Kris! He's wrote many many great songs for other musicians too without obligation. He's a man of quality an character.🎸😎
Yes, knew all that.
You obviously don't have a degree in Literature [correct spelling]!
@@sutapasbhattacharya9471 As Kris would say "stick it up your ass 💩HEAD🤪!!!!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 You ask for it ya swantz! THIS IS SOCIAL MEDIA NOT A SPELLING TEST ASSHOLE! Now you go an have a good day ok?
the Raleigh deal
He was also a Golden Gloves boxer as well.
Back in the good old days! World was better back then! Miss all them old timers!! Cash Waylon Jones & many many others!
I told a girl recently that I always feel lonely on Sundays. I didn't know how to explain, but then I listened to this song again and now I feel like I don't have to tell anybody why but that I do.
Maybe someday, you'll feel like telling somebody. ❤
I always felt lonely on Sundays my entire life.
@@HighSpeedNoDrag you been reading my mail
Now it's every day, just joking cause No Sky's too High, No Blast too Fast and NO BAR TOO FAR.
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My dad drank over a case of beer every day of his adult life until about a year before he died at the age of 45. He considered this his theme song. It's brilliant in its stark portrayal of addiction.
It's been 38 years since dad died, and I still listen to this song and tear up. Rest in peace, dad.
@Jos Rimmen My dad was 45 when he died in 1982. If he were still alive he'd be 83 years old. I was 17 at the time, and I'll turn 55 in two months.
I hope you doing good brother
So sad to read this. All the best to you Cody x
Cody Bolt thanks for sharing.
Wow sad Honey
Watching from Fiji
Cry every time I hear see him sing
With Soo much feelings
Much much love from Fiji ❤❤
Have hope friends! Don't give up! I suffered through my own addictions. I pray for all of you!
35 years since I had a Sunday morning like this. This song says it all. Kristofferson is a genius, poet, and a mensch.
Hey
Congratulations!
Celebrate your life 🙏🏼
This song was the only thing on earth that could make my father cry... He's gone now, But I am still so sorry for the pain I gave him and my mother.
Haven't had a drink since 1977 Thank god they saw me get sober.
Wow, that's about the same time Kris got sober! Congrats to that! 😊
Wow. Me too. Same story.
Congratulations
I'm not there yet, but I'm feeling confident to build something that's sacred until the end...
@@knightscroftsquire-muldoon Good luck May the Force be with you.
June 22nd .Happy Birthday Kris. All best wishes from England.
Been there 50 years ago.Still fresh in my mind,
Had a beer with him and Willie one time down in Austin. Just cool people. Great songwriters. It was at the Black Cat Lounge on 6th St. 1984
Cool
A friend of mine and I ran smack into Willie Nelson in Ventura California.
Meet him in Hana Maui where he lives
Great singer and writer
Neat story! My brother in law and his wife (Kris’ BIGGEST fan) live in Hawaii, where Kris and his wife have a home. A couple of years ago, they were out shopping and happened to see Kris and his wife shopping, also. My sister in law walked over to meet him, and she told him how she had just missed meeting him in the late 1970’s, after one of his concerts. Kris and his wife were very gracious and kind. One thing led to another, and Kris and his wife invited my brother in law and sister in law to go out to lunch with them. The four of them got along great, and took a lot of photos.
I genuine believe he's the greatest storytelling lyricist ever!
My idol and fan from "Convoy" '78 I watched this movie probably 100 times. Greetings from Poland
no one like Kris and never will be. love it and all his music.
237 years sober now and feeling much better!
Damn u old!
Kris Kristofferson is considered "one of the greats" the whole world over! He's with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and anyone else that ever topped the charts and held our hearts in his hands over the past 50 years. He received one of the first Nashville songwriter's awards back in the early 1970's and still plays at the Ryman. You can't get better company or recognition than that!
Yeah I agree, have always loved his songs
Been a fan all my life
It's so beautiful
What's your favorite song by kris?
@@marcosbryant865 ciao amico! 🙋♀️😍😘😊💘
Hello dear!!
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This song reminds me about my wife. It was her favorite song before she lost the battling to cancer, I wish I could change the hands of time, I miss her smiles, she was always there for me and our lovely daughter, and I never miss a moment with her, life could be so unfair most times, there is some pain, I will cry in vain but won’t let you know how I will feel yes, I will miss you to the core! but some times i wonder why bad thing always happen to good people. She’s always in our hearts.
Beautiful song. Well sung. I also loved 'Me and Bobby Mcgee.'
Hey Kris , know you will never get this but what the hell. I'm a Nam Vet ,was watching a little utube , comments and had me thinking kinda lick . So I'm thinking maybe you could put pen to paper and perhaps come up with a song from my heart . Didn't realize it until I put it down it just flowed out from my heart, anyway here goes . Welcome home back to the world! Went to the Nam at 18 came back, lost my youth forever gone. I can never make it up, whats gone is gone. As I look at the 18 year olds today I cant believe the difference , their innocents, their youth. Watching them talking enjoying life as they should , wondering what it would have been like to have that, but it was but it was taken forever. Sounds like a song but it's reality , innocents never returns. Enjoy and cherish a normal childhood as we all should and should have. Thank a Vet .
Nam Vet Tom
Thanks for your service Tom, I think Kris did his best on this song.
where did you serve?
Thank you for your service!
@@AlishaDylanYes 2 and almost 6 months ! I went there at an innocent 18 year young and quickly and became a very bitter 19& 20 year Old man . War , body parts and death has a way of changing a person . I would do it again ! I have been put down and humiliated by countless people in my own country. I was called baby killer ,been spit on had human waste thrown on me by our wonderful citizens, told to leave bars , told I didn't do anything for "their" country . Was in countless fights ,.for service to our country , I would do it again , to save these cowards !
Vietnam Vet Tom
@@Thomas-uw1gqthank you just isn't enough.
I agree! Meant no disrespect @@AlishaDylan
The part where he says I got my cleanest dirty shirt from my wardrobe says so much in so few words. Its heartbreaking 💔
yes, a great line in what is, among other things, a great work of art
My reaction too! I grew up surrounded by alcoholics. Heartbreak all around.
@@jerseygram8472 Bless you. What is it about these artists who can turn such tragedy into a thing of beauty💕🎶
I've always thought that a person who writes a song like this had to feel it to be able to write it.I think Kris was an old soul even when he was young...He learned a lot of hard lessons in life and he learned them the hard way...It made him the best of the best of all songwriters in my opinion.
@Kris Kristofferson the cleanest dirty shirt is testament!
I always used to get a an overwhelming feeling when i was a kid on a sunday, out on my own on a beautiful summers day while everyone else was inside or at church. This song takes me straight back there, i can feel the heat baking off the sidewalk, hear the cicadas humming etc. Such feeling captured in 1 song!!
Kris has such a beautiful and unique voice that when you hear a song of his you know who it is. Wonderful songs and loved him in movies such as A Star Is Born in 1976 - my personal favorite of all of those Star Is Born movies.
He and Willie are the last two of the titans of country the country music that I love. Thanks for making this available.
Amen my friend
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50 yrs ago still my favorite. Nobody better than Kris!
If you can't feel this classic timeless hit from the master himself Kris Kristofferson then you just ain't livin. I'm turnin' 60 in November this year '23, I'm a Kiwi [New Zealander] trauma left leg hemipelvectomy amputee [near-death motorcycle accident in 1990 when I was 26] and I still probably haven't lived half the life Kristofferson has lived, yet I can still almost tear up listening to his hit.
Hugs for you from uruguay ❤
I've been sober a long time now...but watching this still humbles me..such a beautiful song 😎😎
I got sober 18 years ago and it was at an early AA meeting that someone told me to listen to this song. I cried for the first time I can remember since I was a small boy. it touched me so deeply
@Hardtop Harry Fair play to you, keep going strong
Hardtop, I am so glad that you are sober. This is one great song.
this song and my cleanest dirty shirt helped me to get sober years ago.
Hardtop Harry good on u brother.im still drinking can't stop
My dad was in AA for over 30 years he died 10 years ago and it was someone in AA told him about Kristofferson and he to told me loving him ever since he was In Belfast a few wks back went and seen him 82 and still has you captivated fantastic legend
This Song Helped Me And My Man Climb Out Of The Bottle 28 Year's Ago.
Praise God. Why me Lord? Songs' my soul.
That's great. Why me Lord, great song also. Post 3 minute's ago, you Tube, unposted?
Amazing. Hope you guys are still doing ok👍
@@1e0s Still Sober And Loving Life Together, Happy Thanksgiving And God Bless You And Your Loved Ones.
Remember That God Loves You And If You Ever Have A Problem Lay It Down At Gods Feet .
With The Love Of God And A Little Bit Of Faith All Things Are Possible .
Im glad. This song can. Be. Insperatiaol. That is what the. Song is spoce. Do is. Get people to. Stop drinking
Ride on Kris...You rank among the greats!!....Thanks for all the songs which will be playing through the ages for all mankind!
4 years sober ,wasnt born when this was out but remember my dad singing it and hes 82 now and still singing ,hummin ,and strummin with me. Love
I'm nearly 70 now now. Kristofferson is one of the best songwriters ever. Depending in which era you are from. Listen to music from the 30's, 40's. Great compositions & compilations. It's not all about the present. I love music. Mozart, Lennon, George Jones & Tammy. Patsy Cline is my all time best. But that's just me. Sit & enjoy the music. Sorry. I tend to go on a bit.
yes .........you are right at 100 %................that's an old german who loves that song!
Sounds like you have a very eclectic taste in music, Steve! Well done.
Thanks. Nice to know I'm not the only one. We seem to be too far & few between.
Agree great songwriter - one of the best
We share similar tastes in music Steve, I'll be 76 soon and love all this.
Is there anyone else out there who not only thinks but actually knows that the old days were better?
Yep - they were! But at the time, we didn’t appreciate them nearly enough 🥺
more than u think;)
70’s
Oh yes.
no they weren't better. you have been younger
I had the pleasure of meeting Kris in Sydney over 20 yrs ago, he was so nice❤️
Hey how are you doing today…?
This is and will always be my Sunday morning song, Chris this song helped me through the tough times when I was working abroad and was missing my dear and lovely Wife and Kids