(by bruce hornsby)

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 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 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 roll

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 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


The boat's steaming in
I watch 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 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