Cold, Cold Heart Lyrics - Perry Como

I tried so hard, my dear, to show 

that you're my every dream 

Yet you're afraid each thing I do 

Is just some evil scheme 

A memory from your lonesome past 

keeps us so far apart 

Why can't I free your doubtful mind 

and melt your cold, cold heart? 

Another love, before my time, 

made your heart sad an' blue, 

and so my heart is paying now 

for things I didn't do 

In anger, unkind words are said 

that make the teardrops start 

Why can't I free your doubtful mind 

And melt your cold, cold heart? 

There was a time when I believed 

that you belonged to me 

but now I know your heart is shackled 

to a memory 

The more I learn to care for you 

the more we drift apart 

Why can't I free your doubtful mind 

and melt your cold, cold heart? 

Words and Music by Hank Williams, 1951