Lyrics to
Rambling On My Mind

This version of Rambling On My Mind was released by Lucinda Williams in 1979.

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I got ramblin’
I got ramblin’ on my mind
Little boy, little boy
I got ramblin’ on my mind
I hate to leave you, baby
But you treat me so unkind

I got mean things
I got mean things on my mind
I got mean things
I got mean things on my mind
I hate to leave you, baby,
But you treat me so unkind

I’ma pack up my bags
I’ma leave with the morning train
I’ma pack up my bags
I’ma leave with the morning train
I hate to hear it, baby
When you call me so-and-so name

I’m goin’ down to the station
Get the fastest metal train I see
I’m goin’ down to the station
Get the fastest metal train I see
I got the blues for Mister So-And-So
He got the blues about me

Well there’s one thing, baby
Makes me begin to dream
The way you treat me, baby
Oh… I begin to think
Ramblin’ on my mind
I hate to leave you, baby
But you treat me so unkind

I got ramblin’
I got ramblin’ on my mind
I got ramblin’
Ooh… I got ramblin’ on my mind
I hate to leave you, baby
But you treat me so unkind

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You can understand the lyrics to Rambling On My Mind if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rambling On My Mind" means the words set to the music of Rambling On My Mind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lucinda Williams. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rambling On My Mind and the lyrics to Rambling On My Mind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lucinda Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rambling On My Mind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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