(Nelson Mandrell)

Oh, it seems the sun will never shine
The skies are so gray
And the heart you left broken is lonely
The winter wind blows through the trees
And with the song I sing
I long for the days you loved me only.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart.

Oh, the nights will never be the same
As when the love was new
Young hearts so tender in their yearning
But seasons change and lovers too
And winter's twice as cold
But the fire in one heart is always burning.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart.

--- Instrumental ---

Though a million hours pass the time
And lonely is the pain
And what was love is just a spell that's broken
So blow the wind and freeze the rain
And try like lover's do
Seems our hearts have never really spoken.

Sorrow lingers
Shadows only fill the empty room
Nights of lonely cries unheard
In the winter of a broken heart...