Mandolin Wind

Album: Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
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  • When the rain came I thought you'd leave
    'Cause I knew how much you loved the sun
    But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
    Through the darkest nights I've ever known
    If the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
    Then I know I love ya

    Oh the snow fell without a break
    Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
    Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
    I couldn't believe you kept a smile
    Now I can rest assured knowing that we've seen the worst
    And I know I love ya

    Oh I never was good with romantic words
    So the next few lines come really hard
    Don't have much but what I've got is yours
    Except of course my steel guitar
    Ha, 'cause I know you don't play
    But I'll teach you one day
    Because I love ya

    I recall the night we knelt and prayed
    Noticing your face was thin and pale
    I found it hard to hide my tears
    I felt ashamed I felt I'd let you down
    No mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
    Couldn't change a thing no, no

    The coldest winter in almost fourteen years
    Could never, never change your mind

    And I love ya
    Yes indeed and I love ya
    And I love ya
    Lord I love ya
    And I love ya
    And I love ya Writer/s: ROD STEWART
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 4

  • Ken Underhill from St. LouisI rank this song, along with Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell as the two most evocative, heart-stirring tunes in the modern era. Gorgeous melodies, winsome, weary, beguiling voices and lyrics that pay tribute to the women who make their lives worth living. Both are songs for the ages...
  • Robert from Gurgaon, IndiaThanks for the history about the theme for Rod Stewart's Mandolin Wind but what is a "Mandolin Wind"?
  • Frobert from Santa Cruz, Ca"Failed relationship though the love remains". Boy howdy I got a few of these! Thats the stuff is made of. Wouldn't trade it.
  • Heather from Los Angeles, CaThis is a beautiful song. I had no idea that it was not a story about Stewart's own experience. I had thought it was about the same girl he sings about in "You wear it well". I guess it's because in "you wear it well" he mentions that the girl lives in Minnesota and Mandolin Wind is about struggling through a bitterly cold winter. Also both songs revolve around regret regarding a relationship. The love seems in the present tense in Mandolin Wind but by You Wear it well the relationship has failed although the love remains. Guess I got that wrong!
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