There's Something On Your Mind
by 
Cecil James McNeely 
recording of 1993 
from 
Blues Summit (MCA 10710) 
There's something on your mind 
By the way you look at me 
There's something on your mind, baby 
By the way you look at me 
And what you're thinking brings happiness 
Oh and it brings misery 
Please, please, don't try to tell me 
I think, I, I understand 
No, no, don't try to tell me, baby 
'Cause I think, I, I understand 
You want me to try and forget you 
Well, I'll do 
Baby, I'll do the best I can 
You know it hurts you when you're in love with someone and you know that someone don't love you. It carries a heavy burden on your heart to know that the someone that you're in love with is in love with your best friend. And I'll tell you, when someone else is rocking you, rocking your cradle, you know, better than you can rock your cradle yourself, then there's only one thing for you to do. You just pack your clothes, turn around, and slowly walk out of the door. Look over your left shoulder as you go out, then you hang your head and you say: 
Oh please don't try to tell me 
Uh huh, I think, I understand 
No, no, no, no 
Please don't try to tell me 
Because you think, you think I understand 
Oh you want me to try 
To try to forget you, baby 
And I'll tell you, I'll do the best I can 
You know after you have done all you could do and you can't take no more, then you go downtown, you get your big baseball bat and you come back on the scene where they both are still together, and then you just go and kick down the door. Now as you kick down the door you just start beating the hell of everybody that you can see, everybody that comes through the door, and just as you make up your mind that you're gonna try to forgive her, then out comes another one of your friends, and that really blows your mind. So you go and think about, you say to yourself, baby, I realize I've done wrong but please forgive me. And with a smirky smile on her face then she look up at you and she say. 
If you ever think about me 
(Oh I think about you, baby) 
If you ever charge your mind 
(Oh you're staying on my mind, baby) 
If you ever think about me 
(Oh I think, I think about you all the time) 
And if I ever cross your mind 
(You stay on my mind) 
Well, you know, you know 
You know I'm yours 
And I know, I know you got to be mine 
(Yeah) 
There's something on your mind, B. 
I can tell by the way you look at me 
(Oh there's something, on my mind, Miss James) 
There's something on your mind 
(Oh can you tell, there's something on my mind) 
By the way you look at me 
(Oh the way I look at you, you look good to me) 
And what you're thinking brings happiness 
(Yes, baby) 
Oh and it can bring misery 
(Yes, all right)