{"id":3464,"date":"2015-05-12T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3464"},"modified":"2015-05-12T13:17:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:17:10","slug":"the-last-thing-on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3464","title":{"rendered":"The Last Thing On My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the start of The Jovial Crew, Paul included this in his usual repertoire; Cliff tells me that Paul learned it from him.\u00a0 It’s a Tom Paxton <\/a>composition and best sung at a leisurely pace, although sometimes when the room is simply to energized, this song suffers from more of a jogging speed.<\/p>\n

Cliff has recently brought this back out and I understand that Paul still performs it at his Florida venues.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s a lesson too late for the learnin’
\nMade of sand, made of sand
\nIn the wink of an eye my soul is turnin’
\nIn your hand, in your hand.<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nAre you going away with no word of farewell?
\nWill there be not a trace left behind?
\nWell, I could have loved you better,
\nDidn’t mean to be unkind.
\nYou know that was the last thing on my mind.<\/p>\n

You’ve got reasons a-plenty for goin’.
\nThis I know, this I know.
\nFor the weeds have been steadily growin’.
\nPlease don’t go, please don’t go.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

As we walk, all my thoughts are a-tumblin’,
\nRound and round, round and round.
\nUnderneath our feet the subways rumblin’,
\nUnderground, underground.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

As I lie in my bed in the mornin’,
\nWithout you, without you.
\nEvery song in my breast dies a bornin’,
\nWithout you, without you.<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And I recently heard that someone had written a parody verse for this song and\u00a0that it amused\u00a0Paxton, for\u00a0he’s sung it in performance\u00a0and can be found on his “Live in the UK” Album.
\nWell I met this young girl at a folk club,
\nLike you do, like you do.
\nSo I bought her a drink and we chatted,
\nWouldn’t you, wouldn’t you.
\nAnd then after the show she invited me home,
\nAnd she said we were two of a kind,
\nThen she played me every record
\nThat Tom Paxton ever made,
\nAnd you know that was the last thing on my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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