Verse 1By The Time I Get To PhoenixShe'll Be RisinShe'll Find The Note I Left HanginOn Her DoorShe'll Laugh When She Reads The PartThat Say I'm LeavingCause I've Left That Girl So Many Times Be- ForeVerse 2By The Time I Make Okla- HomaShe'll Be SleepinShe'll Turn SoftlyAnd Call My Name Out LowAnd She'll Cry Just To ThinkI'd Really Leave HerBut Time And Time I've TriedTo Tell Her SoShe Just Didn't KnowI Would Really GoTry A Little KindnessVerse 1If You See Your Brother Standing By The RoadWith A Heavy Load From The Seeds He SowedAnd If You See Your Sister Falling By The WayJust Stop And Say "You're Going The Wrong Way"ChorusYou've Got To Try A Little Kindness, Yes, Show A Little KindnessJust Shine Your Light For Everyone To SeeAnd If You Try A Little Kindness Then You'll Overlook The BlindnessOf The Narrow-Minded People On The Narrow-Minded StreetsLinemanI Am A Lineman For The County And I Drive The Main RoadSearchin' In The Sun For Another Overload.I Hear You Singin' In The Wires, I Can Hear You Through The WhineAnd The Wichita Lineman Is Still On The Line.HookI Know I Need A Small Vacation, But It Don't Look Like Rain.And If It Snows That Stretch Down South Won't Ever Stand The Strain.And I Need You More Than Want You, And I Want You For All Time.And The Wichita Lineman Is Still On The Line.Honey Come BackHoney, Come Back I Just Can't StandEach Lonely Day's A Little Bit LongerThan The Last Time I Held YouSeems Like A Hundred Years AgoBack To His Arms And Never KnowThe Joy Of Love That Used To Taste LikeHoney, Come Back Where You Belong To Only MeGentle On My MindIt's Knowing That Your Door Is AlwaysOpen And Your Path Is Free To WalkThat Makes Me Tend To Leave My SleepingBag Rolled Up And Stashed Behind Your CouchAnd It's Knowing I'm Not Shackled By Forgotten Words And BondsAnd The Ink Stains That Are Dried Upon Some LineThat Keeps You In The Backroads By TheRivers Of My Mem'ry, That Keeps You EverGentle On My MindVerse 2It's Not Clinging To The Rocks And IvyPlanted On Their Columns Now That Bind MeOr Something That Somebody SaidBecause They Thought We Fit Together Walkin'It's Just Knowing That The World Will Not Be Cursing Or ForgivingWhen I Walk Along Some Railroad Track And FindThat You're Moving On The Backroads By TheRivers Of My Mem'ry, And For Hours You're JustGentle On My MindVerse 3Though The Wheat Fields And The Clothes Lines And TheJunkyards And The Highways Come Between UsAnd Some Other Woman's Crying To Her Mother'Cause She Turned And I Was GoneI Still Might Run In Silence, Tears Of Joy Might Stain My FaceAnd The Summer Sun Might Burn Me Till I'm BlindBut Not To Where I Cannot See YouWalkin' On The Backroads, By The Rivers FlowingGentle On My MindVerse 4I Dip My Cup Of Soup Back From AGurglin', Cracklin' Cauldron In Some Trainyard;My Beard A Roughning Coal Pile And ADirty Hat Pulled Low Across My FaceThrough Cupped Hands 'Round A Tin Can IPretend I Hold You To My Breast And FindThat You're Waiting From The Backroads By TheRivers Of My Memories, Ever Smilin', EverGentle On My Mind
