Mama, You've Been on My Mind - Laura Veirs

Perhaps it’s the color of the sun cut flat

And hovering, the crossroads I’m standing at

Or maybe it’s the weather or something like that

But mama, you been on my mind

I don’t mean trouble, please, don’t put me down or get upset

I am not pleading nor saying I can’t forget you

I do not pace the floor bowed down and bent, but yet

Mama, you been on my mind

Even though my eyes are hazy and my thoughts, they might be narrow

Where you been don’t bother me nor bring me down in sorrow

I don’t even mind who you’ll be waking with tomorrow

But mama, you been on my mind

I’m not asking you to say words like yes or no

Please understand me, I have no place I’m calling you to go

Just whispering to myself so I can pretend that I don’t know

Mama, you been on my mind

When you wake up in the morning, baby, look inside your mirror

You know I won’t be next to you, you know I won’t be near

I’m just curious to know if you can see yourself as clear

As someone’s got you on his mind