Lyrics to
I Don’t Want You On My Mind

This version of I Don’T Want You On My Mind was released by Bill Withers in 1972.

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I don’t want you on my mind all the time
I believe that it shows a sign of weakness
I don’t want no lonely nights that gets me cryin’
I found out I don’t get nowhere with weakness
Every dream about you
I just wake up knowing that I’ve got to do without you

I don’t want all the time doin’ up my mind
I don’t want you on my mind all the time

I don’t want you on my mind all the time
I believe that it shows a sign of weakness
I don’t want no lonely nights that gets me cryin’
I found out I don’t get nowhere with weakness
Every dream about you
I just wake up knowing that I got to do without you

I don’t want all the time doin’ up my mind
I don’t want you on my mind all the time

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The lyrics to I Don’T Want You On My Mind are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bill Withers in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to I Don’T Want You On My Mind are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bill Withers and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I Don’T Want You On My Mind back when it was created.

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