Mandolin Rain Lyrics - The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby

The 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 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, 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, 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 

Listen to my heart break every time she runs away 

Listen to the banjo wind, sad song drifting low 

Listen to the tears roll down my face as she turns to go 

Running down by the lake shore 

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 

Whoa oh oh 

Yeah, listen to 

Do, do, do 

The boat's steaming in, I watch the side wheel 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 

Listen to my heart break every time she runs away 

Listen to the banjo wind, 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