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Ray Conniff
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Gentle on My Mind
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 mem'ry It keeps you ever gentle on my mind. It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy Planted on some columns now that bind us. 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 drift in through the marketplace and find That you're movin' on the back roads By the rivers of my mem'ry And for hours you're just gentle on my mind. Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And the junkyards and the highways come between us. And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'cause she turned and love 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. The shutters creak and autumn winds That make me draw inside myself in silence. Cross-legged now I sit and watch The endless chase of leaves across the ground. I close my eyes and see you there And then to hold you to my breast and find That you're movin' on the back roads By the rivers of my mem'ry Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind. That you're movin' on the back roads By the rivers of my mem'ry Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind.
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