Mandolin Rain

The song came and went

Like the times that we spent

Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent

I laughed and she'd smile

It would last for awhile

You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Oh, listen to my heart break

Every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go

A cool evening dance

Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill

From the air until they play the last song

And I'll do my time

Oh, keeping you off my mind but there's moments

That I find I'm not feeling so strong

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Oh, listen to my heart break

Every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go

Running down by the lakeshore

She did love the sound of a summer storm

It played on the lake like a mandolin

Now it's washing her away once again

Oh-oh, again

The boat's steaming in

I watch the sidewheel spin

And I think about her when I hear that whistle blow

I can't change my mind

Oh, I knew all the time that she'd go

But that's a choice I made long ago

Listen to the mandolin rain

Listen to the music on the lake

Oh, listen to my heart break

Every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go

As she turns to go

Oh, listen to my heart break

Every time she runs away

Listen to the banjo wind

A sad song drifting low

Listen to the tears roll

Down my face as she turns to go