Title: Gentle On My Mind
Artist: John Hartford
Genre: Country
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w: It's|know- ing that your|door is al- ways|o- pen and your|path is free to|walk||
w: |Cling- ing to the|rocks and i- vy|plan- ted on their|columns now that binds|me||
w: |Wheat- fields and the|clothes lines and the|junk- yards and the|high- ways come between|us||
w: |my cup of soup|back from the gurg-|lin', crack- lin' caul-|dron in some train|yard||
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w: |* That|makes me tend to|leave my sleep- ing|bag rolled up and|stashed be- hind your|crouch||
w: |* Or|some- thing that some-|bod- y said be-|cause they thought we|fit to- geth er|walkin'||
w: |* And|some oth- er woman|cry- ing to her|moth- er 'cause she|turned and I was|gone||
w: |* My|beard a rough- ning|coal pile and a|dir- ty hat pulled|low a- cross my|face||
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w: |* And it's|know- ing I'm not|shack- led by for-|got- ten words and|
w: |* It's just|know- ing that the|world will not be|curs- ing or for-|
w: |* I still|might- * run in|si- lence, tears of|joy * might stain|
w: |* Through cup-|ped hands 'round a|tin can (delete 4th|verse- * * *|
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w: bonds, * And the|ink stains that have|dried up- on some|line|||* That|keeps you in the|
w: giv- ing When I|walk a- long some|rail- road track and|find|||* That|you're moving on the|
w: my face And a|sum- mer sun might|burn me 'till I'm|blind|||* But|not to where I|
w: * ) I pre-|tend I hold you|to my breast and|find|||* That|you're waving from the|
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w: back- roads by the|riv- ers of my|mem- 'ry, That|keeps you ev- er|
w: back- roads by the|riv- ers of my|mem- 'ry And|for hours you're just|
w: can- not see you|walk- in on the|back- roads By|the riv- ers flowing|
w: back- roads by the|riv- ers of my|mem- 'ry Ever|smil- in' ev- er|
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w: gen- tle on my|mind.|||* It's not|||||
w: gen- tle on my|Mind.|||* Through the|||||
w: gen- tle on my|Mind|||* I dip|||||
w: gen- tle on my|||||mind.-||||