The Last Thing On My Mind

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The Last Thing On My Mind by Tom Paxton

About The Last Thing On My Mind

"The Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written by American musician Tom Paxton in the early 1960s and recorded first by Paxton in 1964. Based on the traditional lament song "The Leaving of Liverpool", the song, featuring vocals by Dolly Parton, was released on Paxton's 1964 album "Ramblin' Boy" (his first album released on Elektra Records). The song remains one of Paxton's best-known compositions. .

The Last Thing On My Mind Lyrics

[00:03.99] It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
[00:10.50] Made of sand, made of sand
[00:16.53] In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
[00:22.56] In your hand, in your hand
[00:28.26] Are you going away with no word of farewell?
[00:34.19] Will there be not a trace left behind?
[00:39.93] Well, I could have loved you better
[00:43.28] Didn't mean to be unkind
[00:45.98] You know that was the last thing on my mind
[00:51.26] You've got reasons a-plenty for goin'
[00:57.33] This I know, this I know
[01:03.03] For the weeds have been steadily growin'
[01:08.94] Please don't go, please don't go
[01:15.37] Are you going away with no word of farewell?
[01:21.05] Will there be not a trace left behind?
[01:27.29] Well, I could have loved you better
[01:30.38] Didn't mean to be unkind
[01:33.03] You know that was the last thing on my mind
[02:02.06] As I lie in my bed in the mornin'
[02:07.70] Without you, without you
[02:13.48] Each song in my breast dies abornin'
[02:19.29] Without you, without you
[02:25.31] Are you going away with no word of farewell?
[02:31.37] Will there be not a trace left behind?
[02:36.70] Well, I could have loved you better
[02:39.75] Didn't mean to be unkind
[02:42.75] You know that was the last thing on my mind
[02:48.25] That was the last thing on my mind
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