Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind/A Fraction of Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie Jack Johnson

Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat
An' cov'rin' 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 pleadin' or sayin', "I can't forget"
I do not walk the floor bowed down an' bent, but yet
Mama, you been on my mind

An' even though my mind is hazy
An' my thoughts they might be narrow
Where you been don't bother me
Nor bring me down in sorrow

It don't even matter where you're wakin' up tomorrow
'Cause mama, you'll be on my mind

Well I'm not askin' you to say words
Like 'Yes' or 'No'
Please understand me
I have no place I'm callin' you t' go

Just whisperin' to myself
So I can't pretend that I don't know
But mama, you been on my mind