I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before

Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When somethin's not right it's wrong

Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love

It's always hit me from below
This time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct

Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
Purple clover, Queen Anne's Lace
Crimson hair across your face

You could make me cry if you don't know
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love

Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme

Blue river runnin' slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever and never realize the time


Situations have ended sad
Relationships have all been bad
Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud

But there's no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin'
Stayin' far behind without you
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin'

Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to
I'll look for you in old Honolulu
San Francisco, Ashtabula

Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know
But I'll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass, in the ones I love

Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go