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The Last Thing On My Mind

This version of The Last Thing On My Mind was released by Neil Diamond in 1971.

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It’s a lesson too late for the learnin’
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand

Are you going away
With no words of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could have loved you better
I didn’t mean to be unkind
You know that was
The last thing on my mind

You got reasons aplenty for going
This I know, this I know
For the weeds
Have been steadily growin’
Please don’t go, please don’t go

Are you going away
With no words of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could have loved you better
I didn’t mean to be unkind
You know that was
The last thing on my mind.

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About Lyrics and The Last Thing On My Mind by Neil Diamond

The lyrics for The Last Thing On My Mind are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Neil Diamond. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Last Thing On My Mind have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for The Last Thing On My Mind - Neil Diamond and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Last Thing On My Mind by Neil Diamond in multiple ways. 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 The Last Thing On My Mind" means the words set to the music of The Last Thing On My Mind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. 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 The Last Thing On My Mind and the lyrics to The Last Thing On My Mind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Last Thing 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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