You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (9/17/74, Take 1, Remake)

[Verse 1]

I’ve seen love go by my door

It’s never been this close before

Never been so easy or so slow

I've been shooting in the dark too long

When something’s not right, it’s wrong

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

[Verse 2]

Dragon clouds so high above

I’ve only known careless love

It always just hit me from below

But this time 'round it’s more correct

Right on target, so direct

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

[Verse 3]

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 was thinking of

You might be spoilin’ me too much, love

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

[Bridge 1]

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

[Verse 4]

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 them scenes to this affair

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go

[Bridge 2]

You're gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’

Staying far behind without you

You're gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’

You're gonna make me give myself a good talking-to

[Verse 5]

I’ll look for you in old Honolulu

San Francisco or Ashtabula

You're 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

You're gonna make me lonesome when you go