Last Thing On My Mind - Arthur Baker And The Backbeat Disciples

(Tom Paxton) It's a lesson too late for the learnin' Made of sand, made of sand In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin' In your hand, in your hand. Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind. You've have reasons a-plenty for the goin' This I know, this I know For the weeds have been steadily growin' Please don't go, please don't go. Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind. As I walked along the street, alone this mornin' Without you, without you Every hope in my hreart died of mornin' Without you, without you Are you going away with no word of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind. Don't you know that was the last thing on my mind...

Four oclock in the morning My minds filled with a thousand thoughts of you And how you left me without warning But looking back I'm sure you tried to talk it through Now I see it so clearly We're together but living separate lives So I wanna tell you I'm sorry Baby, I cant find the words But if I could Then you know I would, yeah No, I wont let go Know what we can be I won't watch my life crashing down on me Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah Girl, I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind You carried me like a river How far we've come still surprises me Now I look in the mirror (Look in the mirror) Staring back is a man I used to be with you How I long for you No, I wont let go Know what we can be I won't watch my life crashing down on me Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah Oh, I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind Girl, I'm sorry I was wrong Could have been there I should have been so strong So I'm sorry Ohh, no No, I wont let go Know what we can be I won't watch my life crashing down on me Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah Girl, I'm sorry now (Oh, I'm sorry) You were the last thing on my mind (On my mind) I won't watch my life crashing down on me As I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah Girl, I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind On my mind On my mind

Listen everyone, all around the world, the people crying, can't find somethin' to believe They put so much faith in people who are lying, they're so easy to deceive Ain't no mystery, you know the words to set you free, there for all the world to see When you got it on your side, there's no reason left to hide, you got to give it to receive Yeah the message is love Love is the message and the message is love From the streets to the mountains to the heavens above (uh-huh-uh) (Tell everybody) Tell everybody (yeah-hey) what your dreaming of That love is the message and the message is love (oh-oh) Deep in every heart, there's an answer, what will it take to make it real Leave and console my wall of confusion, still can't tell you what you feel Hey, yeah, Why must it be the sign of something burning in the night to make us hunger for the day Oh, there ain't no mystery, just love enough to let it be Everybody knows the way, yeah, the message is love Can you hear the sound, must be the ear-ear-ear-earth spinnin' 'round We're gonna find out, just what the world, just what the world is all about The message is love Love is the message and the message is love (yeah) From the streets to the mountains to the heavens above (Come on and tell everybody) Tell everybody what your dreaming of

You and the night and the music Fill me with flaming desire Setting my being completely on fire You and the night and the music Thrill me but will we be one After the night and the music are done? Until the pale light of dawning and daylight Our hearts will be throbbing guitars Morning may come without warning And take away the stars If we must live for the moment Love till the moment is through After the night and the music die Will I have you Until the pale light of dawning and daylight Our hearts will be throbbing guitars Morning may come without warning And take away the stars If we must live for the moment Love till the moment is through After the night and the music die Will I have you You and the night and the music You and the night You