Gentle on My Mind

John Hartford

It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch

And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads

By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because

They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find

That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone

I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see

You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face

Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads

By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind

Wissenswertes über das Lied Gentle on My Mind von Elvis Presley

Auf welchen Alben wurde das Lied “Gentle on My Mind” von Elvis Presley veröffentlicht?
Elvis Presley hat das Lied auf den Alben “From Elvis in Memphis” im Jahr 1969, “Welcome to My World” im Jahr 1977, “The Memphis Record” im Jahr 1987, “Great Country Songs” im Jahr 1996 und “Suspicious Minds” im Jahr 1999 veröffentlicht.
Wer hat das Lied “Gentle on My Mind” von Elvis Presley komponiert?
Das Lied “Gentle on My Mind” von Elvis Presley wurde von John Hartford komponiert.

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