Gentle On My Mind Lyrics - Dean Martin

It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk 

That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch 

And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds 

And the ink stains that have dried up on some line 

That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my memory 

That 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 fit together walking 

It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track by the rivers of my memory 

And for hours you're just gentle on my mind 

Well I dip my cup of soup back from the gurgling crackling caldron in some train yard 

My beard a roughening coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face 

Related 

Naughty & Nice Christmas Songs 

5 Totally Underrated Christmas Songs 

9 Misheard Christmas Carol Lyrics 

Cupped hands 'round a tin can 

I pretend I hold you to my breast and find that you're waving from the back roads by the river of my memory 

Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind 

Check Out 

20 Classic Christmas Lyrics to Celebrate The Holiday Season 

Naughty & Nice Christmas Songs 

Refresh Your Christmas Playlist With These 10 Modern Holiday Tracks 

23 Of The Most Heartbreaking Christmas Songs Ever