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Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

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 in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

I'd smoked my mind the night before
With cigarettes and songs I'd been picking.
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Playing with a can that he was kicking.
Then I walked across the street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone's frying chicken.
And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost
Somewhere, somehow along the way.

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.

In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl that he was swinging.
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs they were singing.
Then I headed down the street,
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing,
And it echoed through the canyon
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,
I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothing short a' dying
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk
And Sunday morning coming down.

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There were 8 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 8 of which were selected by peers to advance to the finals round. The winning entry was determined based on finals round voting by peers.

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Entries (8 total; 8 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #14990 — Discuss 0
Milena Chkripeska
Milena Chkripeska
North Macedonia
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
184 x41 x20
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments4.505.00 (4 ratings)4.00 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 7 "like" tags
Осамна мамурното неделно утро
Good term selection
po2tersowl
Во пресрет на денот што се будеше.
Good term selection
po2tersowl
Кај милите мои спомени наминав
Flows well
po2tersowl
кои како никогаш и да не биле
Flows well
po2tersowl
Надуван камо да сум, боже.
Flows well
po2tersowl
И ѕунеше во шупливата ми глава
Flows well
po2tersowl
Ко’ вчерашните сништа празни
Good term selection
po2tersowl
Entry #14948 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
123 x400
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments4.254.00 (2 ratings)4.50 (2 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (4 total agrees)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (4 total disagrees)
+1
Осамнува
Good term selection
Dzamto
маица.
Good term selection
po2tersowl
+1
истетеравив
Good term selection
Dzamto
-2
+2
клинец
Good term selection
Dzamto
со текот на времето
Good term selection
po2tersowl
-2
2
како ѕвони осамено ѕвонче
Flows well
Dragana Jankova
Entry #14875 — Discuss 0
Vasil Pop-Andonov
Vasil Pop-Andonov
North Macedonia
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
301 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
а тоа одекна низ празнината
Good term selection
po2tersowl
Entry #14947 — Discuss 0
sdimitrijevik
sdimitrijevik
North Macedonia
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments4.504.00 (1 rating)5.00 (1 rating)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
Се препуштив на ноќта
Flows well
Milena Chkripeska
Entry #14998 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
123 x400
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.753.50 (2 ratings)4.00 (2 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
Главата ми пукаше
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
Entry #14944 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
да го прегрнам денот
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
одѕвонуваше
Good term selection
elenat11
Entry #14951 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
пробуричкав
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
надуван
Good term selection
po2tersowl
Entry #14987 — Discuss 0
The 9
The 9
North Macedonia
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 2 "like" tags
да го пресретнам денот
Flows well
Milena Chkripeska
ја уловив
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska