Well, the song came and went like the times that we spentHiding out from the rain under the carnival tentI laughed and she'd smile, it would last for awhileYou don't know what you got 'til you lose it all again
Listen to the mandolin rain, listen to the music on the lakeOh, listen to my heart break every time she runs awayListen to the banjo wind, sad song drifting lowListen to the tears as they roll, roll down my face as she turns to go
A cool evening dance listening to the bluegrass bandTakes the chill from the air 'til they play the last songThe bluegrass band, listen to the bluegrass band
I'll do my time and keeping you off my mindBut there's moments that I find, oh, I'm not feeling so strong, yes
Listen to the mandolin rain, listen to the music on the lakeOh, listen to my heart break every time she runs awayListen to the banjo wind, sad song drifting lowListen to the tears as they roll, roll as she turns to goDown my face as she turns to go
Running down by the lake shoreShe did love the sound of a summer stormIt played on the lake like a mandolinNow it's washing her away, washing her away once, once again
To the sound of the mandolin rainRain
Well, the boat's steaming in, I watch the side wheel spinAnd I think about her when I hear that whistle blowCan't change my mind that I knew all the timeThat she'd go, but that's a choice I made long ago
Listen to the mandolin rain, listen to the music on the lakeOh, but listen to my heart break every time she runs awayListen to the banjo wind, sad song drifting lowListen to the tears as they roll, roll down my face as she turns to goRoll as she turns to go, ohDown my face as she turns to go
Listen to the tears roll down my face as she turns, as she turns to goAs she turns to goAs she turns to go
Yeah, as she turns to goThat would be somethingListen to the rainListen to the mandolin rain, yeah-yeahYeah, yeah