The Last Thing on My Mind
"The Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written by American musician and singer-songwriter Tom Paxton in the early 1960s and recorded first by Paxton in 1964. It is based on the traditional lament song "The Leaving of Liverpool". The song was released on Paxton's 1964 album Ramblin' Boy, which was his first album released on Elektra Records.
This article is about the Tom Paxton song. For other songs of this name, see Last Thing on My Mind."The Last Thing on My Mind"
The song remains one of Paxton's best-known compositions.
"The Last Thing on My Mind"
"Love Is Worth Living"
October 30, 1967
October 11, 1967
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Dolly Parton solo version[edit]
A solo version by Dolly Parton was released on February 16, 2023, from the Doc Watson tribute album I Am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100. The song was nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards in the Best Country Solo Performance category.
Soundtrack[edit]
It is performed by the Punch Brothers and Stark Sands in the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).