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Somewhere I heard that Bob Dylan had a song line or title that was near as dammit this one. But I may be imagining that whole scene. At any rate, the line was in my head for a long time, until one day a melody intruded while the line was monkey-minding me very annoyingly. With a melody and a line, the nature of the obsessing changes, if you write songs, because you can then call it 'work' and indulge it until you get a song or you wear out the obsession. This song's about obsession in a way that I hope is ambiguous and precise at the same time. I have no idea who the singer is, and no idea who the woman is he's singing to.
lyrics
BABY YOU BEEN ON MY MIND LYRICS
Baby you been on my mind
Baby you been on my mind
You kinda make the whole world shine
Baby you been on my mind
We been on the road for quite a while
It’s funny how it moves so very fast
The things we do are goin’ out of style
We tend talk a lot about the past
Yeah Baby you been …..
Do you remember how the last full moon
Nothin’ we could do made any sense
You said that you’d be comin’ pretty soon
I said there goes her innocence
Cause Baby you been on my mind
Baby you been on my mind
You kind of make the whole world shine
Yeah Baby you been on my mind
Without the slightest hesitation
I accept the situation
Just as long as you will try to understand
What is born of desperation
Without further obligation
Never get you to the promised land.
Chorus
Did you ever take the time to wonder why
There is nothing you can find to do or say
Whether you will get to live or die
Is always only ever day-to-day
So Baby you been ….
When everything is hangin’ upside down
I can show you what you’re gonna have to do
Whoever you have been around
And whatever they have put you through
Baby you been on my mind
Without the slightest hesitation
I accept the situation
Just as long as you will try to understand
What is born of desperation
Without further obligation
Never get you to the promised land.
Chorus
I think about you all day long
And I wonder what you’re gonna do
You’re even in this goddam song
So I guess that I’m in love with you
Cause Baby you been ….
credits
released May 22, 2013
Music and Lyrics: David Hallam
Vocals: David Hallam
Lead Guitar: Dan Howlett
Rhythm Guitar: Dale Bishop
Guitar/Vocals: B Nash
Bass Guitar: Peter McFarlane
Drums: Bruce Cameron
Produced by: Daryl Chonka, Old Growth Studio
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