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 ARE DRIED
UPON SOME LINE
THAT KEEPS YOU
ON 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 SOMETHIN'
THAT SOMEBODY
SAID
BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT
WE FIT
TOGETHER
WALKIN'
IT'S JUST KNOWIN'
THAT THE WORLD
WILL NOT BE
CURSIN' OR
FORGIVIN'
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
OOH I STILL MIGHT
RUN IN SILENCE
TEARS OF JOY
MIGHT STAIN
MY FACE
AND THE SUMMER
SUN MIGHT BURN
ME 'TIL I'M BLIND
OH BUT NOT
TO WHERE
I CANNOT SEE
YOU WALKIN' ON
THE BACK ROADS
BY THE RIVERS
FLOWIN' GENTLE
ON MY MIND
WELL I DIP MY CUP
OF SOUP BACK
FROM A GURGLIN'
CRACKLIN' CALDRON
IN SOME TRAIN YARD
MY BEARD
'A RUSTLING
A COLD COWL
A DIRTY HAT
PULLED LOW
ACROSS MY
FACE
YEAH
THROUGH
CUPPED HANDS
'ROUND THE TIN CAN
I PRETEND TO HOLD
YOU TO MY BREAST
AND FIND
WOAH OH-HO
THAT YOU'RE
WAVIN' FROM
THE BACK ROADS
BY THE RIVERS
OF MY MEMORIES
EVER SMILIN'
EVER GENTLE
ON MY MIND
GENTLE
ON MY MIND
YOU ARE GENTLE
ON MY
MIND
GENTLE
ON MY MIND
YEAH
YOU'RE GENTLE
ON MY MIND
