I've seen love go by my doors   Never been this close before   Never been so easy or so slow   Been shooting in the dark too long   When something's not right it's wrong   You're 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   You're gonna make me lonesome when you go      Purple clover, queen Anne Lace   Crimson hair across your face   You could make me cry if you don't know   Can't remember what I'm thinkin' of   You might be spoilin' me too much, love   You're 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   And I've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud   But there's no way I can compare   All those scenes to this affair   You're gonna make me lonesome when you go      You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing   Staying far behind without you   You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying   Gonna make me give myself a good talking to      I'll look for you in old Honolulu   San Francisco and Ashtabula   You're gonna have to leave me now, I know   And I'll see you in the sky above   In the tall grass, in the ones I love   You're gonna make me lonesome when you go