It's Knowin'
And the ink stains that have dried up on some line
That keeps you on the back roads 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 binds me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we'd fit together walking
It's just knowin' that the world will not be cursin' or forgivin'
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Girl, we'd feel
And the clotheslines and the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
She turned, I was gone
I'd still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot run
And walkin' on the back roads by the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
The shutters creakin' autumn winds that make me draw inside myself in silence
Cross-legged now I sit and watch the endless trace of leaves across my yard
And layin' down my hairbrush, I look back within my window seat and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my memory
Every smile and every gentle on my mind
True cupped hands around a tin can, I pretend I hold you to my breast and find
And layin' down my hairbrush, I look back within my window seat and find
That you're wavin' from the back roads by the rivers of my memory
Every smile and every gentle on my mind