-Artist: Hank Williams as sung on "A Collection Of His Greatest Hits"
 -Sunrise Media GS-4001
 -version by Tony Bennett peaked at # 1 for 6 weeks in 1951
 -competing versions charted by The Fontane Sisters (#16), Eileen Wilson (#19)
 -writer Hank Williams (#27), and Tony Fontane (#8)
 -Words and Music by Hank Williams


 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 and 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?

 You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
 You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try
 Why do you run and hide from life? To try it just ain't smart
 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?


 Transcribed by Robin Hood

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