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Mandolin Rain Lyrics
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Mandolin Rain Lyrics
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
a sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears flow
Down my face as she turns to go
A cool evening wind
Lstening the blue grass 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 flow
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
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 flow
Down my face as she turns to go
The boat's steaming in
I watched 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 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 flow
Down my face as she turns to go
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...
Meaning of Mandolin Rain
“Mandolin Rain” is a poignant reflection on lost love and the bittersweet acceptance of inevitable departure. The song evokes a deep sense of melancholy, using evocative imagery – a carnival tent, a lakeside mandolin, a drifting banjo wind – to paint a picture of fleeting joy now tainted by sorrow. Bruce Hornsby’s music acts as a soundtrack to heartbreak, mirroring the cyclical nature of pain with each repetition of “Listen to the mandolin rain,” emphasizing the persistent ache within the narrator’s heart. He acknowledges his own complicity in her leaving, recognizing that he knew this outcome was likely and accepting it with a quiet resignation. Despite attempts to move on, the music itself – particularly the lake’s echoing melody – continually triggers memories and reinforces the emotional devastation, illustrating how some wounds never truly heal, only linger like a mournful tune.
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