Mandolin Rain

The song came and went
Like the time 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 got
Till you lose it all again

Chorus
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Ah, listen to my heart break
Every time she runs away
Oh, 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
Till they play the last song
I′ll do my time
Oh, keeping you off my mind
But there′s moments that I find
I′m not feeling so strong

Chorus
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Ah, listen to my heart break
Every time she runs away
Oh, 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 again

The boat′s steaming in
Oh, I watch the sidewheels 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

Chorus
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Ah, listen to my heart break
Every time she runs away
Oh, 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...

B. R. Hornsby/John Hornsby