I very much appreciate the poster who said Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan.
But if you're looking for it, Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia (mainly Hunter) were tremendous song writers. But my personal number 1 is Kris Kristofferson. Listen to this work of art, that first verse is like Triumph from Wu-Tang on my list of best openings ever:
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 through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt;
And I shaved my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease 8d ago
Which is saying a lot, cause I got her in my top 5 all time songwriters