Satisfied mind

En genial låt som skrevs av Red Hayes & Jack Rhodes. Låten spelades ursprungligen in av Porter Wagoner 1955 (se bilden) och blev genast en listetta. Sedan dess har det gjorts otaliga versioner av låten, bl a av storheter som Dylan (Saved), Cash (Kill Bill 2) och Jeff Buckley.

How many times have you heard someone say

"If I had his money, I could do things my way?"

Little they know that it's so hard to find

One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.

Once I was winning in fortune and fame

Everything that I dreamed for to get a start in life's game

Suddenly it happened, I lost every dime

But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind

Money can't buy back your youth when you're old

Or a friend when you're lonely, or a love that's grown cold

The wealthiest person is a pauper at times

Compared to the man with a satisfied mind

When my life is ended, my time has run out

My trials and my loved ones, I'll leave them no doubt

But one thing's for certain, when it comes my time

I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind

I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind"

Red har i en intervju förklarat bakgrunden till låten med följande ord:

“The song came from my mother. Everything in the song are things I heard her say over the years. I put a lot of thought into the song before I came up with the title. One day my father-in-law asked me who I thought the richest man in the world was, and I mentioned some names. He said, ‘You’re wrong, it is the man with a satisfied mind."

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