You Were On My Mind

Song By We Five

June 26, 2026

by We Five

Editor’s Note: My sister, Mary, is my guiding light for resilience. In my mid-teens, she lived and worked in Washington, DC, and my parents let me visit her several times. I learned so many things from Mary — some about hard work, but more about relationships. She was a leader among many friends, new and old, who swarmed to her apartment and turned up the music to dance. This song was one I remember being played at max volume, early in the morning after a late-night party.

Favorite lyric:

I got troubles, oh, whoa,

I got worries, oh, whoa,

I’ve got wounds to bind.

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Tim McCarthy

Peace,

Tim McCarthy