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've got   Till you lose it all again      Listen to the mandolin rain   Listen to the music on the lake   Ah, 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      Cool evening dance   Listen to the bluegrass band   Takes the chill from the air   Until they play the last song   I'll do my time,   Oh, 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   Ah, 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      Runnin' down by the lake shore   She did lovethe sound of a summer storm   Played on the lake like a mandolin   Now it's washing her away, once again   Whoa, again      Boats steaming in   Oh, watch the side wheels spin   And I think about her when   I hear that whistle blow   I can't change my mind   Oh, 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   Ah 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      As she turns to go   Listen to the, listen to the mandolin rain   Listen to the tears roll   Down my face as she turns to go   Listen to the tears roll   Down my face as she turns to go   Listen to the mandolin rain