The Last Thing On My Mind was written by Tom Paxton in the early 1960's. It quickly became a standard of the great American songbook, performed and recorded by some of the greatest legends in music including Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Townes Van Zandt, Harry Belafonte, The Grateful Dead, John Denver, Neil Diamond and many more.

Lyrics

It's a lesson too late for the learningMade of sand, made of sandIn the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'In your hand, in your hand

Are you going away with no word of farewellWill there be not a trace left behindWell, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkindYou know that was the last thing on my mind

You've got reason a plenty for goin'This I know, this I knowFor the weeds have been steadily growin'Please don't go, please don't go

Are you going away with no word of farewellWill there be not a trace left behindWell, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkindYou know that was the last thing on my mind

As I lie in my bed in the mornin'Without you, without you.Every song in my breast lies a bornin'Without you, without you.

Are you going away with no word of farewellWill there be not a trace left behindWell, I could've loved you better, didn't mean to be unkindYou know that was the last thing on my mindThat was the last thing on my mind