Sarà che le canzoni d’amore sono legate a momenti personali, sarà che poche grandi canzoni d’amore portano dentro – nella loro semplicità – il “tutto” dell’amore … insomma sarà come sarà , ma Always on my mind è una di quelle piccole, semplici, cose eterne che vale la pena ascoltare. Quel “Piccole cose avrei dovuto dire e fare, ma non ne ho avuto mai il tempo” è una piccola fotografia di struggente umanità che chi ama davvero sa di aver vissuto. L’han cantata in tanti: per prima Brenda Lee nel 1972, poi Elvis Presley (nel 1973), poi i Pet Shop Boys, Cher, Witheny Houston e (recentemente) Ryan Adams (stupenda incisione) e Michael Buble. Io preferisco sempre quella indimenticabile di Willie Nelson.
(Walter Gatti)
ALWAYS ON MY MIND
(W. Carson – M. James – J. Christopher)
Maybe I didn’t treat you
Quite as good as I should have
Maybe I didn’t love you
Quite as often as I could 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
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfied
Maybe I didn’t hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I’m so happy that you’re mine
If I make you feel second best
Girl, I’m sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfiedLittle things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind
