By:Don Reno · Source Recording: The Johnson Mountain Boys (1987)
The time has come to say goodbye
I hate to part this way
Our parting ways have met again
This is goodbye today
Maybe you will change your mind
And if you do someday you'll find
That you were wrong and I was right
About the tie that binds
The tie that binds our love sweetheart
Was torn to shreds by you
And if you piece it up again
We'll start our lives anew
You'll find the road gets longer dear
When I'm not by your side
And I may shed some bitter tears
My love I cannot hide
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By:Don Reno · Source Recording:The Johnson Mountain Boys (1987)
“Maybe You Will Change Your Mind” is a bluegrass song written by Don Reno and first recorded by Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-Ups in 1952, during the duo’s early years on King Records.
The lyric is a hopeful heartbreak song — a jilted lover holding onto the slim chance that his sweetheart will reconsider and come back to him. That mix of hurt and stubborn hope, set against Reno’s bright banjo and the duo’s smooth harmony, was characteristic of the Reno and Smiley sound.
The song settled into the bluegrass repertoire and was revived by later traditional bands.
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