Elvis Presley - Gentle On My Mind Lyrics






It's knowin' that your door is always open
And you path is free to walk
That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up
And stashed behind your couch

It's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the heat stains that have dried up on some lovin'
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
It keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns mellowed by me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we'd fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursin'
Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory and for hours
You're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Till' the join might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you
Walking in the back roads
By the rivers flowing gently on my mind

I dip my cup of soup from a gurgling,
cracking cauldron in some train yard
I'm barely runnin' cold how
Have a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Who cupped hands around the tin cans
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're wavin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smiling never changes on my mind





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  1. s.... s....

    Quiero recordarte feliz sano exitoso y con temas rockeros locos.

  2. S.... C....

    There will never ever be another Elvis..😭🎂🎊🎉🎈🎙🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞❤💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

  3. P.... D....

    great performance

  4. E.... P....

    Awesome what app do you use for your videos

  5. A.... B....

    I love this by Glen Campbell

  6. C.... E....

    Simply put the Best there has ever been or will be.

  7. T.... H....

    Remember the day he died. Was gutted. What a voice.

  8. m.... v....

    what a great song Elvis could sing anything !!

  9. M.... B....

    ALWAYS NUMBER ONE ☝️. THE GREATEST. R I P 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  10. L.... J....

    THE MOST SENSUAL VOICE OF ALL TIME

  11. R.... P....

    Elvis is the all time King of music. Second to none.

  12. V.... ....

    "Elvis makes a song different simply by the way he sings it"...Tom Jones

  13. j.... m....

    Forever you Gentle On my Mind Elvis Presley forever .❤❤

  14. j.... f....

    GENIAL MERCI

  15. D.... S....

    The song of my life

  16. s.... t....

    LYRICS:
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    It's knowin' that your door is always open
    And your path is free to walk
    That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
    Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
    And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
    By forgotten words and bonds
    And the ink stains that have dried upon 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 clingin' to the rocks and ivy
    Planted on their columns now that bind me
    Or something that somebody said because
    They thought we fit together walkin'
    It's just knowing that the world
    Will not be cursing or forgiving
    When I walk along some railroad track and find
    That you're movin' on the back roads
    By the rivers of my memory
    And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
    Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
    And the junkyards and the highways come between us
    And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
    'Cause she turned and I was gone
    I still might run in silence
    Tears of joy might stain my face
    And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
    But not to where I cannot see
    You walkin' on the back roads
    By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
    I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
    In some train yard
    My beard a rustlin' coal pile
    And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
    Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
    I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
    That you're waitin' from the back roads
    By the rivers of my memory
    Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind

  17. C.... W....

    Awsome😎

  18. P.... J....

    Been a fan 60 yrs love most of his song but I will admit I don't love everything he sings and this is one that I don't care for not a Glenn Campbell fan either don't like either version of this song some songs were just not meant for Elvis to sing just my opinion no disrespect

  19. V.... R....

    🌹💎 Beautiful ❣️

  20. V.... A....

    One of my favourite elvis songs along with any day now and just pretend ...noone even cones close....what a voice !

  21. o.... ....

    Sorry Elvis.. Glen still owns this. You come in distant 2nd..

  22. S.... ....

    This is hideous compared to Glen.

  23. K.... k....

    im a fan of Elvis too,.. thank u for sharing this video....

  24. G.... R....

    This is the ultimate pop version from this folk/country song.
    And Presley nail it...
    As good as the best versions...

  25. N.... B....

    Opinions opinions...
    I'll take Glen Campbell's version

  26. L.... H....

    What a beautiful respectful man, in every sense of the word he was. How in the world could one man have this beauty and grace and chrisima and voice and style and good looks and talent that this man had. He was only lacking in true love and happiness. It breaks my heart that he nevet found it. He was happiest when he was on stage and Im grateful for that.

  27. B.... C....

    Glen Campbell sang this best

  28. Z.... V....

    Prenesies sa v čase s cítiš sa šťastný nový vymenený 🍀🥀👌👍

  29. G.... A....

    8 16 77 the day the real music died

  30. L.... R....

    HEY I NEVER KNEW till almost 2020. Two of the best EVER!

  31. T.... H....

    This is a terrific arrangement and performance. No doubt, Elvis could make any song his own. But I still prefer Glen's version. And that's not being dismissive of Elvis' version; it's just a great compliment to Glen's.

  32. M.... C....

    Love the Glen Campbell and Dean Martin versions but Elvis takes this to another level. Bass line is awesome!

  33. A.... W....

    Elvis did this beautifully.

  34. T.... B....

    Best version

  35. F.... ....

    I love this song and the way he sings it...always loved Glens version too. Sorry I cannot say one is better than the other! Both Great ❤️

  36. S.... Q....

    I love this song and he sings it with so much feeling. ...awesome! !!!!!

  37. J.... ....

    Quite the bass line ain’t it?

  38. C.... B....

    Fantastic

  39. G.... O....

    Elvis should have gotten a Grammy for this.

  40. M.... C....

    I just love the bass line it kicks

  41. B.... r....

    Many singers have covered this song.
    BUT elvis's soul and diversity OWNS this.
    You feel like you're in some train yard with a cold biting rain and a tin can of soup.
    Yearning for long lost love.
    No one can touch him.

  42. P.... J....

    I'm not taking anything away from all the other great artist's who have sung this tune in their own style, but the voice of Elvis just pierces the soul and takes this song to higher level.

  43. D.... N....

    He's the king Baby thankyou very much

  44. S.... P....

    2019, 59 years old, and hearing this version for the first time. What rock have I been under. LOVE THIS!

  45. T.... D....

    🎵🎤👍11.09.19г.

  46. f.... ....

    This is great! Elvis is just Elvis...incomparable.

  47. T.... ....

    Surely the greatest, most poetic, lyric of all time.

  48. D.... R....

    I have never heard a song by Elvis that I did not love completely he was just the greatest entertainer that the world will ever see

  49. J.... L....

    LOVE THAT BASS GUITAR TOO

  50. D.... N....

    When someone lays gentle on your mind. Or,if you get fiery over them. And,you do things to keep them close to you. And,they know that it's you. And they forgive you and love you anyway. Then you should keep that person....because that's real love right there. And that shit doesn't come along often. I love you baby,in spite of,all you've done to isolate me. I figure it was for my own good.

  51. D.... R....

    Elvis was the greatest Entertainer in the world no one will get close rest in peace Elvis

  52. M.... C....

    I love this song by Elvis. Beautiful Voice

  53. w.... ....

    Loveliest voice I've ever heard♥️

  54. J.... ....

    Awesome vocals.

  55. e.... ....

    Nearly twenty seconds before the music starts.

  56. V.... R....

    Beautiful 💞 ✨

  57. C.... E....

    LINDO LINDO LINDO RELINDO

  58. C.... E....

    HERMOSO DE PIES A CABEZA

  59. C.... E....

    ESTE ES UN ARTISTA MÚSICO Y CANTANTE DE VERDAD Y SI QUIERE VER UN HOMBRE HERMOSO NO PIERDA EL TIEMPO. ¡¡¡AQUI LO TIENE!!!

  60. A.... S....

    Elvis will always be the King!! Long live the King!!

  61. m.... c....

    Never born again a man like this guy forever he was the greatest is the greatest will be the greatest forever remember that

  62. A.... W....

    Er ist ein dreckschwein, weil solche Stimme hat kein Mensch mehr, Elvis ich liebe dich

  63. T.... W....

    I just love elvis presley's voice

  64. S.... G....

    Dislikes are from all who have no understanding of music!

  65. T.... S....

    i dont care what type of music you like. this man can sing. and elvis was the best friend a song ever had

  66. J.... T....

    Nobody holds a candle to the King. RIP.

  67. m.... ....

    *Sigh* What a voice.Thanks for uploading.

  68. O.... J....

    Clásico

  69. M.... B....

    THATS THE MAN .MY BOY MYBOY THE GIRLS NEED WATER !!!

  70. L.... 3....

    Best version ever

  71. R.... Z....

    Any legendary recording artist who HAS a gold record HAS a gold record with an Elvis song

  72. M.... d....

    Thanks! Elvis has the very best rendition of this beautiful song. He puts all his heart and soul into this song. Elvis I love you!!! Thanks also for the awesome video!!!

  73. C.... R....

    Elvis more than holds his own when it comes to singing this and any and all songs. He has the most beautiful voice ever. It would be so awesome to be able to have him back and to sit down to listen to him in person again. Elvis you will never be forgotten.

  74. F.... Z....

    I wonder if those 116 with the thumbs down are deaf or what Long live Elvis this one still gives me a chill so many emotions andas feelings in one song

  75. L.... S....

    The one and only , Elvis.not just gods gift for woman.You beutifule angle Elvis Aeron Presley is, was and always will be, God's gift to all and everything. We are so lucky to have have a great voice and beutifule sole , mind and spirit of the king's angle.That was given to the world.🌹🥀☘️🍀🌏🌎🌋🌍🗺️🗾🏜️🌐

  76. E.... P....

    Terrible

  77. W.... M....

    Elvis tried to hire Glen Campbell to be his lead guitarist but Glen's career had already begun to skyrocket in 69. So he hired James Burton, considered to be the second best guitar player in the world.

  78. S.... M....

    Wow. Did not know Elvis did this song. Elvis or Glenn?

  79. �.... �....

    Это самая лучшая Песня

  80. E.... M....

    No 1 singer in the world 🗺 x what a voice elvis had most gorgeous man ever love you elvis forever x ☓ 💜 ❤️ 2019 still listening 👂 x

  81. a.... s....

    extraterrestrial interpretation of the song

  82. M.... T....

    The best there ever was and the best there ever will be he could sing anything and make it his own.from country to rock and roll with a little bit of soul and gospel in between

  83. M.... C....

    who the hell are the 12 people who don't like this?

  84. J.... S....

    this is a nice song i like the way he sings this the words are so nice xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxgive the man some hearts please xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  85. C.... g....

    Elvis,s voice is magical 💙👑💙👑

  86. A.... A....

    That is just the way Elvis was. He had an ear for the music, arranged how he wanted the sound of the instruments to flow with his amazingly incredible voice. EAP YOU ARE MISSED.

  87. D.... H....

    Beautiful.

  88. G.... B....

    one of the greatest trax from elvis my dad died last saturday he loved elvis and brought me up listening to the king who covererd everey jender of music to the best ever

  89. W.... ....

    Evil had it all, looks and a soulful voice.

  90. M.... L....

    💝 The King of rock 'n roll 💝

  91. M.... ....

    Who is this? not Elvis!

  92. S.... N....

    The King is Gentle on the mind.....Thnx Elvis....We will always love you......

  93. V.... ....

    Glen Campbell, "I think Elvis is the best singer that ever lived"....enough said......

  94. N.... m....

    GESUALDO X LA BELLA SIGNORA GRAZIA TO DEDICO SPECIALE DOLCEZA

  95. C.... G....

    John Lennon said before Elvis there was nothing I'll say after Elvis there's been nothing

  96. M.... ....

    I have heard all the renditions of this song, and the King sings it best, full of heart and feeling. The others is way to fast and sounds like chipmunks!

  97. S.... W....

    I have listened to this song hundreds of times over the past six months and still don't tire of it. Dean Martin also did this song justice, should you wish to go there.

  98. b.... f....

    he was a great actor too