Mandolin Rain Songtext
von Wanda Vick

The song came and went
Like the times that we spent
Hiding out from the rain
Under the carnival tent
I′d laugh and he'd smile
It would last for a while
You don′t know what you've got
'Til you lose it all again

Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break
Every time he runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as he turns to go


A cool evening dance
Listening to a bluegrass band
Takes the chill from the air
′Til they play the last song
Oh, I′ll do my time
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
Listen to my heart break
Every time he runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as he turns to go

Running down by the lakeshore
He loved the sound of a summer storm
He played on the lake like a mandolin
Now it's washing him away once again, again

The boat′s steaming in
I watch the sidewheel spin
And I think about him
When I hear that whistle blow
Oh, I can't change my mind
I knew all the time that he′d go
But that's a choice I made long ago


Oh, listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break
Every time that he runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as he turns to go

Oh, listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the tears roll
Listen to my tears roll
Down my face as he turns to go
Listen to the tears roll
Listen to the mandolin rain
Oh, listen to the banjo wind
Listen to my tears roll