Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
“Gentle on My Mind” is a song written by John Hartford. Elvis Presley recorded the song at American Sound Studios in Memphis in January 1969, and the song featured on the award-winning album From Elvis in Memphis.
It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk, mmm
That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
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 backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit together walking
(Together walking)
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 moving on the backroads
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
(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 'til I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' in the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Crackin' caldron in some train yard
(Some train yard)
My beard a rustlin'
Cold towel, and a dirty hat
Pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind
Gentle On My Mind was written by John Hartford.
Gentle On My Mind was produced by Chips Moman & Felton Jarvis.
Elvis Presley released Gentle On My Mind on Tue Jun 17 1969.