Greatest Songwriter of all time


I was reading the Dylan post and it got me thinking. There are many great songwriters that come to mind, my expertise/knowledge is primarily with rock music. If you could only pick three, what would they be? My vote for best lyrics goes to:

Jim Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello

Best music goes to:

Mark Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Frank Zappa
jeffloistarca

I always thought John Prine did some pretty good song writing, and I like Josh Ritter's lyrics a lot. 

@acefactory  ,  it was "Girl In The War" that got me paying attention to him.

\I fully agree - Josh Ritter is an outstanding wordsmith!