i ve seen love go by my door but it s never been this close before never been this easy or this slow i ve been shooting in the dark too long when something 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 gonna make me lonesome when you go purple clover queen anne lace crimson hair across your face you gonna make me cry if you don t know can t remember what i was thinkin of but 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 they can compare all those scenes to this affair gonna make me lonesome when you go gonna make me wonder what i m doin stayin far behind without you gonna make me wonder what i m sayin no you gonna make me give myself a good talkin to i ll look for you in old honolulu san francisco ashtabula 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 gonna make me lonesome when you go gonna make me lonesome when you go gonna make me lonesome when you go