Standard (EADGBE)
2x
The song came and went,
like the times that we spent,
hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
Happen she d smile,
it would last for awhile,
you don't know what you got, till you lose it all again
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
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,
keeping you off my mind;
but there's moments that I find, I'm not feeling too strong
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
Running down by the lakeshore,
she did love the sound of a summer storm
Playing on the lake like a mandolin,
now it's washing her away once again
Solo
The boat's steaming in,
I watch the side wheel spin, and
I think about her when I hear the whistle blow
I can't change my mind,
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;
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
Listen to, listen to the mandolin rain
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
Listen to, listen to the mandolin rain