This tune concept percolated for years before bursting to life sometime in 2014.
Lyrics
A Mind Of Its Own
By Roger Bain (early April 2014) from an old idea I had in mind
Well my has a mind of its own mind
Oh yes my mind has a mind of its own
I tell it to do one thing
And it talks back to me
My mind is not behaving
Like it ought to be
Well my mind has a mind of its own
Oh yes my mind has a mind of its own
I say, “Let’s be friends.”
But my mind says, “No.
I’m not the kind of mind that’s
Really easy to know
Well my mind has a mind of its own
Oh yes my mind has a mind of its own
I say, “Let’s stay straight.”
My Mind says, “Let’s get stoned.”
I say, “Let’s settle down.”
My mind says, “Let’s hit the road.”
Well my mind has a mind of its own
Oh yes my mind has a mind of its own
Way back in Clarendon Hills
Where my young oats were sewn
I could tell that one day
My mind would be blown
Well my mind has a mind of its own
Oh yes my mind has a mind of its own
I look over yonder
My mind begins to ramble
Life’s a good bet
If your mind will take the gamble