I've 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