Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat   And covering the crossroads I'm standing at   Or maybe it's the weather or something like that   But daddy, you been on my mind      I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down, don't get upset   I am not pleading or saying, "I can't forget you"   I do not walk the floor bowed down and bent but yet   Daddy, you been on my mind      Even though my mind is hazy and my thoughts ,they might be narrow   Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow   It don't even matter who you're waking with tomorrow   Daddy, you're just on my mind      I am not asking you to say words like yes or no   Please understand me, I'm not calling for you to go   I'm just breathing to myself, pretending not that I don't know   That daddy, you been on my mind      When you wake up in the morning, baby, look inside your mirror   Oh, you know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near   I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear   As someone who has had you on her mind   As someone who has had you on her mind