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