Intro (optional)

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
 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
 gonna make me lonesome when you go

Flowers on the hillside, bloomin’ crazy 
Crickets talkin’ back and forth in rhyme


Blue river runnin’ 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 can compare
 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