Too much of you still on my mind
Thinking of you almost all the time
Missing you since you left me behind
I've got too much of you still on my mind
When you left I thought maybe it was best
For we disagreed and quarreled all the time
Now I'm not so sure I should have let you go
For I've got too much of you still on my mind
One more hour and I'll be home I close my eyes and rest my bones
Can't be more than a mile or so from Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
Cincinnati where the river winds cross the Mason and the Dixie Line
Heaven waits for me I know in Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
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I guess perhaps the memories got too strong
Grabbed me by my heart strings and pulled me home
I got to thinkin' bout some friends I know in Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
Cincinnati where the river winds...
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I walked half way from Lewieville there she lies at the foot of the hill
Shining like a jewel in the valley below Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
You had my child in Memphis then I heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there so we moved on
And now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine
But this time only two of us move on
And now all we have is each other and a little mem'ry that we can cling to
But still you won't let me go on all alone
We'll try a little bit harder to make our love grow a little bit stronger
We'll try a little bit harder to make our kisses last a little bit longer
And when our love's on stormy seas I'll look at and you'll look at me
And we'll know our love will always be
We'll try a little bit harder to keep the flame ember burnin' high
We'll try a little bit harder to make everything come our side
Today I made a point to go somewhere I knew you'd be
I had to know if you still had the same affect on me
And the moment that I saw you there I knew
No matter what I do I'm still not over you
It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that binds me
Or somethin' that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowin' that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman 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 a 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 flowing gentle on my mind
You've been mistreated neglected and cheated
Out of the love you should have had
But give me a while and I'll make you smile
For the times he's made you sad
You've cried the last tear you're gonna cry
You've kissed your last lips that cheat and lie
Baby no one's gonna hurt you anymore
Don't put your burning in my eyes
Cause the burning only stops when I cry
Once my teardrops fell like rain washed away the burning flame
And it washed all your hurt from my heart
You can't relive your past with the dream that's gone
You can't find love that will last in your world alone
A hurt so tall has built the wall where fate begins
Oh what locks the door to the world you're living in