Tom Paxton (born Thomas Richard Paxton on October 31, 1937) is an American singer and writer of folk music whose songs have had enduring appeal (and include modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind") known for a cynical, often political edge. In 2009, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Paxton was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Burton and Esther Paxton. The Paxton family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma in 1948, where Tom grew to adulthood and which he still considers home.
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Last Thing on My Mind by Tom Paxton
4/4 time
Verse 1: |D |G |D |D It's a lesson too late for the learning, |A |A |D |D made of sand, made of sand. |D |G |D |D In the wink of an eye my soul is turning |A |A |D |D In your hand, in your hand.
Refrain: |A |A |G |G Are you going away with no word of farewell, |D |D |A |A Will there be not a trace left behind? |D |G |A |F#m I could have loved you better, I didn't mean to be unkind |G |G |D That was the last thing on my mind.
Verse 2: You've got reasons aplenty for going. This I know, this I know. For the weeds have been steadily growing. Please don't go, please don't go.
Repeat Refrain
Verse 3: As I lie here in bed in the morning without you, without you. Every song in my breast dies a borning without you, without you.