The song came and went
Like the times 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

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 flow
Down my face as she turns to go

A cool evening wind
Lstening the blue grass 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 so 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 flow
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

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 flow
Down my face as she turns to go

The boat's steaming in
I watched the sidewheel spin and I
think about her when
I hear that whistle blow
I can't change my mind
I knew all the time 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 flow
Down my face as she turns to go

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 the mandolin rain...