Jack Johnson - Mama, You've Been On My Mind lyrics

rate me

Perhaps it's the color

Of the sun cut flat

An' cov'rin' the crossroads

I'm standing at

Or maybe it's the weather

Or something like that

But mama

You've been on my mind

I don't mean trouble

Please don't put me down

Or get upset

I am not pleadin' or sayin'

"I can't forget"

I do not walk the floor

Bowed down an' bent, but yet

Mama

You've been on my mind

Even though my mind is hazy

An' my thoughts

They might be narrow

Where you been don't bother me

Nor bring me down in sorrow

It don't even matter to me

Where you're wakin' up tomorrow

But mama

You're just on my mind

I am not askin' you

To say words

Like "yes" or "no,"

Please understand me

I got no place for you t' go

I'm just breathin' to myself

Pretendin' not

That I don't know

Mama

You've been on my mind

When you wake up in the mornin'

Baby, look inside your mirror

You know I won't be next to you

You know I won't be near

I'd just be curious to know

If you can see yourself as clear

As someone

Who has had you on his mind