Written by: John Hartford
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Lyrics:
It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
Keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
Keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
Moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Well I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Cracklin' caldron in some train yard
My beard a roughening coal pile,
And a dirty hat pulled low across the face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind
Singers:
1. John Hartford April 1967 2. Glen Campbell (billboard adult contemporary 1968) June 1967 3. George Hamilton IV July 1967 4. Jack Greene November 1967 5. Patti Page (billboard adult contemporary 1968) 1967 6. The Ac'cents 1967 7. Waylon Jennings February 1968 8. Leonard Nimoy February 1968 9. Margaret Whiting February 1968 10. Eddy Arnold April 1968 11. Bill Anderson May 13, 1968 12. Jim Ed Brown May 1968 13. Nancy Wilson May 1968 14. David Houston June 1968 15. Tammy Wynette June 1968 16. Roger Miller July 1968 17. Bonnie Guitar July 1968 18. Johnny Darrell August 1968 19. Billy Eckstine October 1968 20. Connie Smith October 1968 21. Bobbi Martin October 1968 22. Frank Sinatra November 1968 23. Dean Martin (billboard adult contemporary 1969) November 1968 24. Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell November 1968 25. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs December 14, 1968 26. The Lettermen December 1968 27. Frankie Laine 1968 28. Burl Ives 1968 29. Joann Bon & The Coquettes 1968 30. Trini Lopez 1968 31. Henson Cargill 1968 32. Ray Conniff and The Singers 1968 33. The Mills Brothers & Count Basie 1968 34. Lana Cantrell 1968 35. Wally Whyton 1968 36. The Billy Vaughn Singers 1968 37. Aretha Franklin January 17, 1969 38. Nat Stuckey January 1969 39. Top of the Pops March 1969 40. Elvis Presley May 1969 41. Hank Snow June 1969 42. Tony Borders September 1969 43. Faron Young November 1969 44. Andy Williams 1969 45. Engelbert Humperdinck 1969 46. Johnny Paycheck 1969 47. Val Doonican 1969 48. Don Gibson March 1970 49. Keith Potger & The New Seekers November 1970 50. The Bluegrass Alliance 1970 51. Maria Dallas 1971 52. Mark Duffy 1973 53. Des O'Connor 1973 54. Albert West 1975 55. Chet Rogers 1979 56. Howard Carpendale 1980 57. Roger Whittaker 1986 58. The Moody Brothers 1988 59. Mark Eitzel April 23, 2002 60. Johnny Cash with Glen Campbell November 25, 2003 61. Tom Green 2003 62. Andy Lee Lang & The Marco Zarello Big Band 2004 63. Wenche with Maarten August 29, 2005 64. Rockin' Rebels 2006 65. Lisa Ono 2006 66. R.E.M. March 2007 67. The American Sound Studio Band featuring "The King" James Brown August 16, 2007 68. Gee Gee Kettel 2007 69. Little Tony February 2011 70. Terri Clark November 13, 2012 71. Eden Atwood November 21, 2012 72. Ruth & Max Bloomquist 2012 73. Madeleine Peyroux March 5, 2013
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