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've got till you lose it all again

 Listen to the mandolin rain
 Listen to the music on the lake
 Oh, listen to my heart break every time [bad word] away
 Oh, listen to the banjo wind
 sad song drifting low
 Listen to the tears roll
 Down my face as she turns to go

 cool evening dance
 Listenin' 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 [bad word] away
 Oh, listen to the banjo wind
 sad song drifting low
 Listen to the tears roll
 Down my face as she turns to go
 [bad word]  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...whoa, again

 The boat's steaming in
 Oh, I watch the sidewheel 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 [bad word] away
 Oh, 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.