That's Why I'm Walking

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I've got my angel on my mind
That's why I'm walkin'
There's such an ache in this old heart, well, I ain't talkin'
The little hand that held mine tight
Just waved goodbye tonight
I've got a sweet love on my mind
That's why I'm walkin'

With an old love on your mind
Life's not worth livin'
I breathe her name with every breath I'm breathin'
Why could I never see
How much she meant to me
I've got a sweet love on my mind
That's why I'm walkin'

With an old love on your mind
Life's not worth livin'
I breathe her name with every breath I'm breathin'
Why could I never see
How much she meant to me
I've got my angel on my mind
That's why I'm walkin'
I've got my angel on my mind
That's why I'm walkin'

That's Why I'm Walking
Written byMelvin Endsley & Stonewall Jackson
(erroneously credited to Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byBilly Sherrill
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
John McFee - guitar
RecordedMay 18, 1981, CBS Studio A, Nashville
ReleasedJuly 26, 2004
AlbumsAlmost Blue (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2004
Length2:18

First known performance:
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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
Stonewall Jackson  1960  ("Why I'm Walkin'")
 Ernest Tubb  1960
Wanda Jackson  1961
Loretta Lynn  1963
Ricky Skaggs  1987  ("Angel On My Mind (That's Why I'm Walkin'")

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