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 springtime comes i know that she ll be leaving when those friends of hers start calling her from town so i lie and wait for shelly s winter season when her troubled 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 turns cold and stormy it s then she finds the need to come around to these arms of mine she knows are always waiting but she ll leave when love has thawed the 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