VERSE #1
The song came and went
Like the times that we spent
Hiding out from the rain
Under the carnival tent
I laughed and she smiled
It would last for awhile
You don't know what you've got till you lose it all again
CHORUS X3
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break
Everytime she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to my tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go
VERSE #2
A cool evening dance
Listening to the bluegrass band
Takes the chill from the air
Until 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
VERSE #3
The boats are 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 it all the time that she'd go
But that's a choice I made long ago