The classic 1960s Kris Kristofferson song that never got old for Gordon Lightfoot: “I wish it would last forever”

Gordon Lightfoot said Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” was a song he could keep returning to without it growing old. His choice reflects how Kristofferson’s writing, with its vivid and human portrayal of regret after a night of excess, resonated with fellow songwriters.

Kristofferson wrote the song while working as a janitor at Columbia Records, hoping to be near the music industry, and there he met Johnny Cash, who later recorded it. The article describes the song as capturing a hangover and the sober aftermath of a carefree evening; it also notes Lightfoot’s admiration for poets including Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan’s praise of Lightfoot’s own songwriting.