Perhaps it's the colour
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Of the sun cut flat
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And covering the crossroads
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I'm standing at
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Or maybe it's the weather
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Or something like that
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But daddy
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You've been on my mind
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I don't mean trouble
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Please don't put me down
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Don't get upset
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I am not pleading or saying
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"I can't forget you"
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I do not walk the floor
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Bowed down and bent
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But yet, daddy
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You've been on my mind
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Even though
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My mind is hazy
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And my thoughts
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They might be narrow
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Where you been
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Don't bother me
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Nor bring me down
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In sorrow
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It don't even matter
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Who you're waking
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With tomorrow
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Daddy
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You're just on my mind
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I am not asking you
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To say words
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Like "yes" or "no"
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Please understand me
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I 'm not calling
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For you to go
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I'm just breathing
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To myself
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Pretending not
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That I don't know
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That daddy
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You've been on my mind
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When you wake up
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In the morning
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Baby
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Look inside your mirror
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Oh, you know
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I won't be next to you
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You know
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I won't be near
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I'd just be
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Curious to know
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If you can see
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Yourself as clear
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As someone
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Who has had you
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On her mind
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As someone
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Who has had you
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On her mind
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Daddy, You've Been On My Mind
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Judy Collins |