I've seen love go by my doors

Never been this close before

Never been so easy or so slow

Been shooting in the dark too long

When something's not right it's wrong

You're 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

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

Purple clover queen Anne Lace

Crimson hair across your face

You could make me cry if you don't know

Can't remember what I'm thinkin' of

You might be spoilin' me too much love

You're 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

And I've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud

But there's no way I can compare

All those scenes to this affair

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

You're gonna make me wonder what I'm doing

Staying far behind without you

You're gonna make me wonder what I'm saying

Gonna make me give myself a good talking to

I'll look for you in old Honolulu

San Francisco and Ashtabula

You're gonna have to leave me now I know

And I'll see you in the sky above

In the tall grass in the ones I love

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go