The song came and went, like the times that we spent
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
Often she'd smile it would last for a while
You don't know what you've got 'til you lose it all again
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 listenin' to the bluegrass band
Takes the chill from the air until 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
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
Runnin' 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, whoa, again
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Whoa, whoa-oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh, miss ya
Ooh-ooh
The boat's steaming in, oh, 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
That's a choice I made long ago
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
Listen to the, listen to the mandolin rain
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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
♪
Whoa, oh-whoa
Listen to the mandolin rain