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Gentle On My Mind

Aretha Franklin

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Gentle On My Mind

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It's knowing that your door is always openAnd your path is free to walk(Free to walk, free to walk, free to walk, free to walk)That makes me know that I can leaveMy sleeping bag behind your couch (yes, it'll be right there)Yes it does (yes, it'll be right there)It's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bondsAnd your ink stains that have dried upon some lineKeeps you on the backroads (backroads) by the rivers of my memory (memory)It keeps you ever gentle on my mind (gentle on my mind, yeah)ohohoho (gentle on my mind, yeah)It's not clinging to some rocks and ivy plantedOn some column now that binds me, no, it don'tOr something that somebody saidBecause they thought we fit together walking (go on walking by, baby)we did it, baby (go on walking by, baby)It's knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgivingWhen they turn around and findThat you're moving on the backroads (backroads)you're still on my memory (memory)You're ever gentle on my mind (gentle on my mind, yeah)yes, I'm baby (gentle on my mind, yeah)(OOh, ooh, ooh) ohohoho(OOh, ooh, ooh) ohohoho(OOh, ooh, ooh, ooh) yeaheahYou're gentle (gentle on my mind, yeah)You're gentle (gentle on my mind, yeah)You're gentle and gentle (gentle on my mind, yeah)You're gentle on the backroads (gentle on my mind, yeah)Yeah, yeah! (gentle on my mind, yeah)You're gentle on my mind (gentle on my mind, yeah)Say that, babe (gentle on my mind, yeah)You're gentle on my mind (gentle on my mind, yeah)Yeah! (gentle on my mind, yeah)Baby
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