“Heavy on My Mind” is the fifth track of We Get By, fourteenth studio album by the American blues and gospel singer and activist Mavis Staples, released on May 24, 2019.
Written by another legend of contemporary blues, Ben Harper, and dedicated to the late Pops Staples, father of Mavis and manager...
[Verse 1]
We did everything we could
To slow this world down
Now my love
Is in the ground
Shoulder-to-shoulder
Eye-to-eye
I wish this were farewell
But I'm afraid it's goodbye
[Chorus]
It weighs heavy on my mind
Oh, so heavy on my mind
It weighs heavy on my mind
Oh, so heavy on my mind
[Verse 2]
Sometimes I wish
Sometimes I fall in the well
A lock in a safe
In a cage in a cell
We can wait out the storm
Or we can stand in the rain
Gonna have to mourn
Or hide from some pain
[Chorus]
It weighs heavy on my mind
Oh, so heavy on my mind
It weighs heavy on my mind
Heavy on my mind
[Bridge]
And if one night
The whole world saw the light
The unknown made itself clear
A familiar sound
Heard from all around
Telling us there's nothing to fear
[Chorus]
It weighs heavy on my mind
Heavy, heavy on my mind
So heavy on my mind
Heavy on My Mind was written by Ben Harper.
Heavy on My Mind was produced by Ben Harper.
Mavis Staples released Heavy on My Mind on Fri May 24 2019.