The Last Thing On My Mind

Words and Music by :  Tom Paxton
Arranged and adapted by:
Publisher:  

Recorded by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1967
Playing time:  3:47
LP : LSP3779, CL42216,
Tape: TP3-5032


Also recorded by:
Chad Mitchell Trio SR60992, 79494-2,  CCM-373-2, DVD: 45507-10039,
Tom Paxton Elektra EKL277, EKS7277    
Glenn Yarbrough WS1782
The Seekers 8146392
Nana Mouskouri STL5511    
The Womenfolk LSP3527

Lyrics:

It's a lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand

Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could have loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind


You've got reasons a-plenty for going
This I know, this I know
But the weeds have been steadily growing
Please don't go, please don't go

Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could have loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind


As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you
Each song in my breast lies a borning
Without you, without you

Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could have loved you better
Didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind