Which “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”: Kris Kristofferson VS. Jhonny Cash

"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", written by Kris Kristofferson, appeared on his first album. The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969 and became his first country chart hit reaching #55 on the country charts and #81 on the pop Top 100. A cover of it by one of MC senior's All time favorite Jhonny Cash gained great popularity. Johnny Cash's version was titled "Sunday Morning Coming Down".

In 1971, Cash sang the song live on his television show Johnny Cash and Friends. The show's executives demanded that he change the lyric, "wishing, Lord, that I was stoned," in order not to offend family audiences, but Cash sang the song exactly as was written (except changing "cursin' at a can that he was kickin'" to "playin' with a can that he was kickin'"). "Sunday Morning Coming Down" was put on CMT's 100 greatest songs of all time.