Artist: Tammy Wynette

Submitted by Annie.

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Gentle On My Mind

It's knowin' you don't try to buy my freedom
With some promise made of gold
That for you my door stays open
And our love becomes a simple two-way street

And it's knowin' we're not shackled by forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you on the back roads by the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle o-on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy planted
On some column now that binds us
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'm driftin' through the market place and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle o-on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and you were go-one

I still might walk for hours, tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I-I'm blind
But not where I cannot see you movin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle o-on my mind

The shutters creak and autumn winds
That make me draw inside myself in silence
Cross legged now I sit and watch
The endless chase of leaves across my yard

And layin' down my hair brush
I lean back within my window seat and find
That you're movin on the backroads by the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle o-on my mind

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. ’Til I Can Make It On My Own
2. ’Til I Get It Right
3. (You Make Me Want To Be) A Mother
4. A Pair Of Old Sneakers
5. Alive And Well
6. Almost Persuaded
7. Another Chance
8. Another Lonely Song
9. Apartment #9
10. Bedtime Story
11. Cryin’ In the Rain
12. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
13. Gentle On My Mind
14. God’s Gonna Get ’Cha (For That)
15. Good Lovin’ (Makes It Right)
16. Gospel Favourites (medley)
17. He Loves Me All the Way
18. How Great Thou Art
19. I Don’t Wanna Play House
20. I Still Believe In Fairytales
21. If I Were A Little Girl
22. If This Is Our Last Time
23. If You Think I Love You Now
24. Kids Say The Darndest Things
25. Love’s the Answer
26. Make Me Your Kind Of Woman
27. My Elusive Dreams
28. My Man (Understands)
29. One Of A Kind
30. Reach Out Your Hand
31. Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
32. Run Woman, Run
33. Singing My Song
34. SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT
35. Stand Bt Your Man
36. Stand By Your Man
37. Take Me
38. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
39. The Wonders You Perform
40. There Goes My Everything
41. There Goes That Old Steel Guitar
42. There’s Power In Our Love
43. Two Story House
44. We Loved It Away
45. We Sure Can Love Each Other
46. Welcome To My World
47. When the Grass Grows Over Me
48. Woman To Woman
49. Womanhood
50. You And Me
51. You Can’t Hang On (Lookin’ On)
52. You’ll Never Walk Alone
53. Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad