Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean. The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green. Snowbird sings the song he always sings. And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring.
I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room. All I want's the love you promised beneath the halo'd moon. But you think I should be happy with your money and your name.
When she holds me in her arms I forget you for awhile. Cause we feel things that you don't understand. And when she kisses me goodnight I feel better for awhile.
The lights in the harbor don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship that drift on the sea. The sea of heartbreak lost lover loneliness memories of your caress so divine.
I remember when I gave you the key to my front door. Love had taken over this heart of mine. If you could only see the smile that comes across my face.
I feel tears wellin' up from deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break. And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful that I may never shake. You might say that I was taking it hard since she gave me the final doodbye.
Up every day at six. Bacon and eggs to fix. Four kids from one to four. Pretty soon there'll be one more. . I got old floors to wax and scrub. And there's a dirty old ring in the tub.
A photograph that's signed with love old records and one empty glove. Why did you leave so many things to tear at my heart strings. Odds and ends bits and pieces of an old love affair.
Oh my heart skips a beat when we walk down the street I feel a trembling in my knees. And just to know you're mine until the end of time makes my heart skip a beat.
Manhattan Kansas ain't no place to have a baby. When you got no man to give it his last name. And her folks back in Manhattan didn't treat her like a lady.
She board a slow train to the city she was young and she was pretty. A full grown mountain woman that had blossomed in the spring. She took a job a waitin' tables at the House of Seven Gables.
I'm not the first to tell you that I need you I keep waitin' and i try to understand. Love's one thing they don't have that I can give you. And I love you every day the best I can.
If you think it's hard in this day and time. To hold your man like I've been holding mine. There's no secret just some little things to do. It worked for me and it's bound to work for you.
Oh the sun's gonna shine in my life once more love's gonna live here again. Things're gonna be the way they were before love's gonna live here again. Love's gonna live here love's gonna live here love's gonna live here again.
I found you the first time that I saw him and first time he saw me he found you too. And ever since that time you've been here with us. And we've always tried to take good care of you.
Just got home from Illinois locked the front door oh boy. Got to sit down take a rest on the porch. Imagination sets in pretty soon I'm singing doodoodoo lookin' out my back door.
If you think her eyes are brighter look at mine. If you think her lips are softer look at mine. If you think her love is stronger don't you hang around much longer.
There's a long line of mourners drivin' down our street. Their fancy cars are such a sight to see. They are all your rich friends who knew you in the city.
[ with Johnny Paycheck ]. Let's all go down to the river there's a man who's walking on the water. Come along with me all I want to see this man walking on the water.
If he wants to have a little fun with friends let him have it. If he needs a little money he can spend let him have it. But if you find his friends are the kind that hot pants and peroxide hair.