Released: January 15, 1968
Songwriter: Tom Paxton
[Verse 1]
It's a lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
In your hand, In your hand
[Chorus]
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Oh, I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
[Verse 2]
As we walk along my thoughts are tumblin'
Round and round, round and round
Underneath our feet are someplace rumblin'
Underground, Underground
[Chorus]
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Oh, I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
[Bridge]
I've got reason a plenty for goin'
This I know, this I know
The weeds have been steadily growin'
Please don't go, please don't go
[Chorus]
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Oh, I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
It's a lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
In your hand, In your hand
[Chorus]
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Oh, I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
[Verse 2]
As we walk along my thoughts are tumblin'
Round and round, round and round
Underneath our feet are someplace rumblin'
Underground, Underground
[Chorus]
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Oh, I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
[Bridge]
I've got reason a plenty for goin'
This I know, this I know
The weeds have been steadily growin'
Please don't go, please don't go
[Chorus]
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
Are you going away
With no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Oh, I could've loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
more tracks from the album
Just Between You and Me
- Home Is Where the Hurt Is
- Love Is Worth Living
- Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built)
- Put It off Until Tomorrow
- Two Sides to Every Story
- Just Between You and Me
- Because One of Us Was Wrong
- Before I Met You
- This Time Has Gotta Be Our Last Time
- The Last Thing on My Mind
- Mommie, Ain’t That Daddy
- Four O Thirty Three
From the album
- Just Between You and Me (1968)
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