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



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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



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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



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The boat's steaming in

I wat

h 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



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