caught like a deer in my own headlights frozen on this road tonight i had a fix on the brightest star now i m not sure where you are north is south and east is west where s the love that i knew best shifting in this icy wind howlin down the cumberland you re in this valley that i love cold and far as the stars above do i have to wait til spring is here just to hold you warm and near dead of winter dead of night not much time to make it right i know where that lonesome sound begins howlin down the cumberland just a creature in the dark longing for one blessed spark to burn the sky and hear the night with love reborn by morning light but nature doesn t heed the call nature just commands that s all now my love s a cutting wind howlin down the cumberland now my love s a cutting wind howlin down the cumberland