Back Of My Mind Lyrics by John Hiatt

Back Of My Mind Lyrics

    Well my daddy he stood at the foot of the stairs
    He was calling to me at the time
    And i knew even then, i could die for the thoughts
    That i kept in the back of my mind

    But i dared not to speak
    How i felt for my dad
    Cause there were no words to define
    The ball of confusion, of feelings and stuff
    That i kept in the back of my mind

    So i took to the highway
    And i kept to myself
    Just a lookin' and hopin' to find
    Some solutions, some answers, someway to exist
    All this stuff in the back of my mind

    So i took me a job
    And i took me a wife
    And i took me a bottle of wine
    And it did not take long, 'til all i had left
    Was this junk in the back of my mind

    Well the end of the tunnel
    It never came up
    'til i came to the end of the line
    And i saw that the light i'd been hoping to see
    Was just a spark in the back of my mind

    And the cold wind that blew
    Through the hole in my heart
    Made a fire for the very first time
    From some branches of trust
    And a kindling of faith
    And that spark in the back of my mind

    Drivin' like rain, or a runaway train
    Flyin' blind, shot from the dark in the back of my mind

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