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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-classic-1960s-kris-kristofferson-song-that-never-got-old-for-gordon-lightfoot-i-wish-it-would-last-forever/
- Published: 2026-11-10T23:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T00:34:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/classic-kris-kristofferson-song-never-got-old-for-gordon-lightfoot/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Lightfoot said Kristofferson’s song never grew old for him.
- Kristofferson wrote it while working as a studio janitor.
- Johnny Cash later recorded the song.

## Summary

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.

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