John Hartford -- Gentle On My Mind

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024
  • John Hartford performing Gentle On My Mind in this very obscure television performance.
    Lyrics
    Okay I'm not done yet. I'll continue after work.
    It's knowing that your door is always open
    And that you path is free to walk
    That makes me tend leave my sleeping bag rolled up
    And stashed behind yer couch
    And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds
    And the ink stains dried upon some line
    That keeps you in back roads by the rivers of my memory
    Keeps you ever gentle on my mind
    Not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns
    Now that binds me
    Or something that something that somebody said
    Because they thought we fit together walking
    It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
    When I walk along some railroad tracks and find
    That you're waving from the back roads by the rivers of my memory
    For hours you're just gentle on my mind
    All the wheat fields, and the clotheslines, and the highways come between us
    And some other woman crying to her mother
    'Cause she turned and I was gone
    I still might run in silence
    Tears of joy might stain my face
    And a summer sun might burn me til I'm blind
    But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads
    By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
    I dip my cup of soup back from a gurgling crackling cauldron in some train yard
    My beard ruff and then a cold pile and a
    And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
    Through cupped hands, 'round a tin can
    I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
    That you're wavin' from the back roads
    Ever smiling, ever gentle on my mind

Комментарии • 15

  • @bluegrassfan8426
    @bluegrassfan8426 6 месяцев назад +2

    Boy, I miss this guy and his music.

  • @kayturner1550
    @kayturner1550 3 года назад +6

    John and Roy!

  • @ecollins
    @ecollins 2 года назад +3

    Thank you. Beautiful. RIP John Hartford

  • @cebujack1350
    @cebujack1350 4 года назад +10

    Best ever version of this song by John Hartford ... he may have been gone 20 years now but he will always be gentle on our minds.....

    • @AcoustiCult
      @AcoustiCult  4 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it :)

    • @cebujack1350
      @cebujack1350 4 года назад +1

      Think everybody will enjoy John Hartford no matter what tune he plays or sings.

  • @stephensweeney8260
    @stephensweeney8260 Год назад +3

    as a kid I saw him on the Glenn Campbell show, then many times at Philly Folk, up to is last year of life ...

    • @AcoustiCult
      @AcoustiCult  Год назад

      That's so cool. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @DieudonneMukuna-ps5ow
    @DieudonneMukuna-ps5ow Месяц назад

    I like

  • @MSYNGWIE12
    @MSYNGWIE12 2 года назад +4

    I'd like to be the sort of woman who inspires such a song as this-

  • @TroyTurner
    @TroyTurner 3 года назад +4

    One of my all time favorite songs. I had only ever heard Campbell's version until just now. And as special as it is in Glen's voice, this performance, & the train track tapping at the end, is every bit as special. Thanks for posting this!