BRENDA LEE, ELVIS PRESLEY & WILLIE NELSON -- ALWAYS ON MY MIND

ALWAYS ON MY MIND

BRENDA LEE, ELVIS PRESLEY & WILLIE NELSON

SONGWRITERS: JOHNNY CHRISTOPHER; MARK JAMES & WAYNE CARSON THOMPSON

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: ALWAYS ON MY MIND

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1976

"Always on My Mind" is an American country music song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, recorded first by Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always On My Mind") and Brenda Lee in 1972.

AllMusic lists over 300 recorded releases of the song in versions by dozens of performers. While Brenda Lee's version had stalled at number 45 on the country charts in 1972, other performers would reach the top 20 in the United States and elsewhere with their own versions: Elvis Presley in 1972; John Wesley Ryles in 1979; Willie Nelson's Grammy Award winning version in 1982; Pet Shop Boys in 1987; Loretta Lynn in 2016.

Maybe I didn't treat you,

Quite as good as I should have

Maybe I didn't love you,

Quite as often as I should have

Little things, I should have said and done,

I just never took the time...

You were always on my mind,

You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you,

All those lonely lonely times

And I guess I never told you,

I'm so happy that your mine

If I made you feel second best,

Well I'm sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind,

You were always on my mind

Tell, Tell me, Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died

Give to me, give me one more chance

To keep you satisfied, satisfied

Little things I should have said and done,

I just never took the time

You were always on my mind, yeah...

You were always on my mind....