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 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 