Verse: The song came and went Like the times that we spent Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
Verse: 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 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
Verse: A cool evening dance Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill From the air till they play the last song
Verse: I'll do my time 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 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
Bridge: 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...again Whoa whoa whoa... Yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah-eah... Oooooh... Listen to... Do, do, do...
Verse: The boat's steaming in I watch the sidewheel spin and I Think about her when I hear that whistle blow
Verse: I can't change my mind 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 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 hoh... Listen to the mandolin rain... Whoa whoa whoa whoa oh hoh... Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go Ahhh... Listen to the mandolin rain...
