Cover art for Sunday Best by Lainey Wilson
Feb. 19, 20211 viewer

Sunday Best Lyrics

[Verse]
Well, I pulled up
To that church of Christ
With a broken heart
And bloodshot eyes
Too hungover to go inside
So, I hung my head and drove on by

[Chorus]
And I don't feel like Hallelujah
With this aching in my chest
So here I sit out on some backroad paper sack and Marlboro reds
Drinking in my Sunday best
Thought I really, really knew him well
He was the one, far as I could tell
But last night I caught him with somebody else
And yeah, that preacher's son can go to hell
And I don't feel like Hallelujah
With this aching in my chest
So here I sit out on some backroad paper sack and Marlboro reds
Drinking in my Sunday bеst

[Bridge]
Yeah, I know that I'll get over him in timе
But right now forgiveness ain't something I can find
[Chorus]
And I don't feel like Hallelujah
With this aching in my chest
So here I sit out on some backroad paper sack and Marlboro reds
Drinking, and I'm a mess
Yeah, I'm drinking in my Sunday best

[Outro]
When I pulled up to that church of Christ
Oh, I'm gonna be here just drinking
It's somethin' silly
Hell, Jesus turned water into wine
Hmm, pour me another one, hahaha
Whoo, I'm drunk
Hahaha

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What did Lainey Wilson say about "Sunday Best"?
Genius Answer

I had the song, and I wrote it with Brice Long and Shane Minor—those are literally two of the countriest dudes I know in Nashville. Actually, that day, we had written it as ‘drinking in my Sunday dress.’ I loved the song, but it was still not connecting to me for some reason. Then I realized the reason is because I don’t wear dresses. Last minute, I was like, ‘Well, how about we change it to Sunday best?’ It’s telling a story about how everybody deals with heartbreak different. Some people cry about it, some people drink about it, some people pray about it, or all of the above.

– Lainey Wilson via Apple Music

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Background Vocals
Hammond Organ
Acoustic Guitar
Release Date
February 19, 2021
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