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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Mavericks
Performer
Raul Malo
Vocals
Eddie Perez
Guitar
Robert Reynolds
Guitar
Elio Giordano
Bass Guitar
Jerry Dale McFadden
Keyboards
Paul Deakin
Drums
Michael Guerra
Accordion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Hartford
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Mavericks
Producer
Richard Dodd
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some lines
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my memory
And keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that binds me
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 walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheat fields and the clotheslines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
I dip my cup of soup back from the
Gurglin' cracklin' cauldron in some train yard
My beard a roughenin' coal pile
A dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're wavin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind
Writer(s): John Hartford
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