Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat and coverin'
The crossroads I'm standin' at
Or maybe it's the weather or somethin' like that
Daddy, you've been on my mind

Don't mean trouble
please don't put me down or get upset.
I am not pleading
Or saying I can't forget
I do not pace the floors bowed down and bent but yet
Daddy you've been on my mind

Even though my mind is hazy
and my thoughts they might be narrow
where you been don't bother me
No put me down with sorrow
See, I don't even mind who'll you be waking with tomorrow
Daddy, you've been on my mind

I'm not askin' you to say words like yes or no
Please, understand me
Got no place for you to go
I'm just whispering to myself
so I can't pretend that I don't know
Daddy, you've been on my mind

When you wake up in the mornin'
baby look inside your mirror.
You know I won't be next to you. You know I won't be near
I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
As someone who has had you on her mind
Daddy, you've been on my mind