You Were Always On My Mind

Maybe I didn't listen when you told me Your heart was gentle and kind Maybe I didn't understand, but you could have shown me... All the reasons you were going to move on All the feelings that were finally gone All the chances I had actually blown! Maybe I didn't know you because I never knew the way that you would leave me deceive me with the honest truth Believe me, darling – I never knew Finally, I let you down for the last time You're going away to never return And I don't have a right to follow you Into the future where you’ll be without me Girl, I'm sorry that I never sold you On the belief that I was the King of Rock You said I was like a stone instead, Always holding you down so you'd Nearly sink like a rock! Maybe I didn't know you Quite as well as I should have Because I didn't know you Would leave me without a second thought All the reasons that I love you Have been buried with our past You are the reason that I'm discouraged This King of Rock just doesn't roll like he did when he was there beside you, bringing hope to the heart, faith to the soul feelings that were dim to the brilliance of a light so alive it feels like, here on the inside... Maybe I will never believe you could just leave me without a reason to… Sing this song, pleading with you to listen to my heart - it is beating for you! Yes, darling - You were always on my mind YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND Elvis Presley Inspiration Poetry Contest Song that inspired this poem was Always On My Mind Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori May 13, 2023