COLD, COLD HEART
(Hamk Williams)

Hank Williams - 1951
Tony Bennett - 1951
Louis Armstrong - 1951
Nat King Cole - 1951
Eddy Arnold - 1954
Sonny James - 1957
Pat Boone - 1958
George Hamilton IV - 1958
Dinah Washington - 1960
George Jones - 1960
Ernest Tubb - 1961
Kitty Wells - 1961
Jerry Lee Lewis - 1961
Connie Stevens - 1962
Ronnie Hawkins - 1962
Johnny Tillotson - 1964
Aretha Franklin - 1964
Del Shannon - 1964
Ray Price - 1964
Lou Rawls - 1965
Buddy Ebsen - 1965
Roy Acuff - 1966
Charlie Rich - 1967
Billy Walker - 1968
Conway Twitty - 1971
Glen Campbell - 1972
B.J. Thomas - 1972
Jerry Lee Lewis & Orion - 1978
Jerry Springer - 1995
Sammy Kershaw - 1996
Collin Raye - 1998

Also recorded by: 
Petula Clark; Johnny Cash; Norah Jones; Roy Orbison;  
Jack Scott; Bill Haley; Waylon Jennings; Roy Rogers;  
Ace Cannon; Webb Pierce; Gram Parsons; Redd Stewart; 
Eddie Dean; Hank Thompson; Johnny Duncan; Roy Clark;
Stonewall Jackson; Rosemary Clooney; Connie Francis; 
Roy Drusky; Fontane Sisters; Bobby Hebb; Joni James;
Boxcar Willie; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Wanda Jackson; 
Sons Of The Pioneers; Don Gibson; Melba Montgomery; 
The Inkspots; Floyd Cramer: ...... and many others.


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 didnt 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 lies
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




(Contributed by  - May 2007)