I’ve seen love go by my door
 It’s never been this close before
 Never been so easy or so slow
 Been shooting in the dark too long
 When somethin’s not right it’s wrong
 Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
 
Dragon clouds so high above
 I’ve only known careless love
 It’s always hit me from below
 This time around it’s more correct
 Right on target, so direct
 Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
 
Purple clover, Queen Anne’s Lace
 Crimson hair across your face
 You could make me cry if you don’t know
 Can’t remember what I was thinkin’ of
 You might be spoilin’ me too much, love
 Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
 
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin’ crazy
Crickets talkin’ back and forth in rhyme
 Blue [bad word]  slow and lazy
 I could stay with you forever and never realize the time
 
Situations have ended sad
 Relationships have all been bad
 Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud
 But there’s no way I [bad word] 
 All those scenes to this affair
 Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go
 
Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’
 Stayin’ far behind without you
 Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’
 Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin’ to
 
I’ll look for you in old Honolulu
 San Francisco, Ashtabula
 Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know
 But I’ll see you in the sky above
 In the tall grass, in the ones I love
 Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go