Mandolin Rain / Black Muddy River

Lyrics

[Intro] Oh, we like it here at whatever the name of this theater is The Belk Theater? Is that what this is called? The Belk, we will remember it [Mandolin Rain] [Verse 1] Oh, the song came and went Like the times that we spent Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent Laughed and she'd smile It would last for a while You don't know what you got 'til you lose it all again [Chorus] Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the music on the lake Oh, listen to my heart break Every time she runs away Listen to the banjo wind Sad song drifting low Oh, listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go [Verse 2] A cool evening dance I listen to the bluegrass band take the chill from the air 'Til 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 [Chorus] Yes, listen to the mandolin rain Yes, listen to the music on the lake Oh, listen to my heart Every time she runs away Listen to the banjo wind Sad song drifting low Hey, listen to the tears as they roll Down my face as she turns to go [Bridge] 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 To the sounds of the mandolin man Listen to the mandolin man [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Well, 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 [Chorus] Now, listen to the mandolin rain Yes, 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 Roll down my face as she turns to go [Outro] Oh, as she turns to go Listen to the mandolin, mandolin rain, yeah, yeah, yeah [Instrumental Break] Well, listen to the tears roll Roll down my face as she turns to go Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go, go Listen to the mandolin rain Oh, but listen to the mandolin, mandolin My face as she turns to go Roll down my face as she turns to go Oh, listen to the falling rain Down my face as she turns to go Falling rain, falling rain [Instrumental Break] [Black Muddy River] [Verse 1] When the last rose of summer pricks my finger And the hot sun chills me to the bone When I can't hear the song for the singer And I can't tell my pillow from a stone [Chorus] And I will walk alone by the black muddy river And sing me a song of my own And I will walk alone by the black muddy river And sing me a song of my own [Verse 2] When the last bolt of sunshine hits the mountain And the stars start to splatter in the sky When the moon splits the southwest horizon With the scream of an eagle on the fly [Chorus] And I will walk alone by the black muddy river And listen to the ripples as they moan And I will walk alone by the black muddy river And sing me a song of my own Of my own [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] When it seems like the night will last forever And there's nothing left to do but count the years When the strings of my heart to sever And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears [Chorus] I will walk alone, by the black muddy river And dream me a dream of my own Oh, and I will walk alone by the black muddy river And sing me a song of my own [Outro] Sing me a song of my own Sing me a song of my own Oh, oh, oh, yeah Oh, by the black muddy river Listen to the rain on the black muddy river Listen, you gotta listen Listen to the mandolin rain on the black muddy Listen to the rain, listen to the rain Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the rain, listen to the rain Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the mandolin rain