(Merle Haggard)

When springtime comes I know that she'll be leaving
When those friends of her start calling her from town
So I'll live and wait for Shelly's winter season
When the trouble moments bring her back around.

I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
She only seems to need me now and then
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
But she's mine alone till springtime comes again.

When Shelly's painted world grows cold and stormy
That's when she finds the need to come around
To these arms of mine she knows they're always waiting
When love has finally thought of winter ground.

I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
She only seems to need me now and then
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
But she's mine alone till springtime comes again.

But she's mine alone till springtime comes again...