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Well my daddy he stood at the foot of the stairs
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He was calling to me at the time
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And I knew even then, I could die for the thoughts
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That I kept in the back of my mind
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But I dared not to speak
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How I felt for my dad
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Cause there were no words to define
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The ball of confusion, of feelings and stuff
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That I kept in the back of my mind
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So I took to the highway
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And I kept to myself
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Just a lookin' and hopin' to find
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Some solutions, some answers, someway to exist
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All this stuff in the back of my mind
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So I took me a job
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And I took me a wife
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And I took me a bottle of wine
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And it did not take long, 'til all I had left
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Was this junk in the back of my mind
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Well the end of the tunnel
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It never came up
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'til I came to the end of the line
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And I saw that the light I'd been hoping to see
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Was just a spark in the back of my mind
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And the cold wind that blew
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Through the hole in my heart
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Made a fire for the very first time
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From some branches of trust
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And a kindling of faith
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And that spark in the back of my mind
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Drivin' like rain, or a runaway train
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Flyin' blind, shot from the dark in the back of my mind
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Back Of My Mind
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| John Hiatt |
