Showing posts with label The Wear and the Tear on my Mind. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Domenic Troiano - The Wear & The Tear On My Mind



I swear to God, a couple of years ago this phrase kept repeating in my mind: "But it's the wear and the tear on my mind. It's the wear and the tear on my mind. . . " I thought, OK, I'll google it and the song will come up. NOTHING. I mean nothing. I tried searching YouTube. Nothing there either. I tried every permutation of the line, wear, tear, mind, blind. . . not a thing. It was as if I'd imagined the whole thing. Then - just now, just a minute ago, as Bob Dylan says in his song - voila - it pops out at me, and it has been there on YouTube for a couple of years now. It's by a Canadian named Domenic Troiano, and it's one of those names buried at the back of my brain since about age 16, which is, let me tell you, a very long time. But here it is, and yes, it's exactly the way I remember it! But it's the wear and the tear on my mind. The wear and the tear on my mind. Oh yes!

I went out to see the gypsy 
To get my fortune told 
She said, I don't see much in the future for you 
You won't be gettin' old 
That got me worried 
So I went to see my doctor 
He said, son, you're gonna die 
Ain't nothin' I can do, ain't nothin' I can say 
All that's left for you to do is cry 
Lord, it's the wear and the tear on my mind 
It's the wear and the tear on my mind, on my mind 
Why is this world so unkind? 

So I went out to see a lawyer 
I asked him to write my will 
He looked at me with a real straight face 
And said, to whom do I send the bill? 
I couldn't believe that, so I called up my old lady 
And said, mama don't you start to cry 
It seems I've been here too long now 
And it's time for me to say goodbye 
Lord it's the wear and the tear on my mind 
It's the wear and the tear on my mind, on my mind 
Why is this world so unkind? 

It's the wear and the tear on my mind (on my mind) 
It's the wear and the tear on my mind (on my mind) 
Why is this world so unkind? 
Why is this world so unkind? 
Wear and the tear on my mind (on my mind) 
Wear and the tear on my mind (help me out Lord) 
Wear and the tear on my mind 
Wear and the tear on my mi-mi-mi-mind 
Wear and the tear on my mind (on my mind Lord) 
Wear and the tear on my mind

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. Domenic Troiano died of prostate cancer at the age of 59.