The song came and went

[ET Awful]

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

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 so strong

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

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...again

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

The boat's 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 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
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, oh hoh...
Listen to the mandolin rain...
Whoa whoa whoa whoa oh hoh...

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

Ahhh...
Listen to the mandolin rain...

[Texasgal]

1. I LOVE Bruce Hornsby and the range!!!

I saw him live once... he is an excellent pianist!

[ET Awful]

2. He's a fantastic live performer too.

He'll be playing right out in front of my apartments in August (I live on national park property, and they have live concerts at the park all through the summer, I also get to see Hot Tuna, Dar Williams, Judy Collins, Los Lobos and the Indigo Girls). It's sweet, the concerts are only $10-15 and they start at 7:30 in the evening, over by 10:00 or so, so when it's a concert I don't want to go to, it's quiet by the time I'm ready for bed :P

[Texasgal]

3. Wow...I'll bet that's cool!!

They have free concerts down by the lake in the summer, it's just so damn hot down here in the summer, and I am too damn old to go hang out with a bunch of younger folks, and sweat my booty off! :)

That's very cool though, I love him!!!

[Beaverhausen]

4. He really is great

I only had that first album but everything I heard since was great too.

[MissMillie]

5. I love that song!

"I can't change my mind. I knew all the time that she'd go, but that's a choice I made long ago."

Breaks your heart.

:thumbsup:

[ET Awful]

6. Yes indeed . . . especially if you can completely relate to what he's

saying, having been there yourself . . .

He also puts some very cool imagery in the song, you can completely visualize the type of summer storm he's describing and the sounds . . .