Lyrics
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 spoke 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
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Credits
Performances
This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in honor of guest Tony Bennett on an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... recorded 2008-04-15.
Recordings by other artists
- Hank Williams, single, 1951
- Tony Bennett, single, 1951
- Louis Armstrong, single, 1951
- Dinah Washington, single, 1951
- Eddy Arnold, on A Dozen Hits, 1956
- Pat Boone, on Star Dust, 1958
- Chet Atkins, on Hummm and Strum Along With Chet Atkins, 1959
- George Jones, on George Jones Salutes Hank Williams, 1960
- Ernest Tubb, on All Time Hits, 1960
- Kitty Wells, on Heartbreak U.S.A., 1961
- Jerry Lee Lewis, single, 1961
- Dean Martin, on Country Style, 1963
- Aretha Franklin, on Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington, 1964
- Del Shannon, on Sings Hank Williams, 1964
- Wanda Jackson, on Two Sides Of Wanda, 1964
- Ray Price, on Love Life, 1964
- Roy Acuff, on For The First Time Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams, 1966
- Charlie Rich, on Sings Country And Western, 1967
- Stonewall Jackson, on A Tribute To Hank Williams, 1969
- Johnny Cash, on The Legend, 1970 (recorded 1958)
- Roy Orbison, on Hank Williams The Roy Orbison Way, 1970
- Don Gibson, on Hank Williams As Sung By Don Gibson, 1971
- Glen Campbell, on I Remember Hank Williams, 1973
- Willie Nelson, on Just One Love, 1995
- Waylon Jennings, on Ol' Waylon Sings Ol' Hank, 1996
- Lucinda Williams, on Timeless, 2001
- Norah Jones, on Come Away With Me, 2002
- Bill Frisell, on The Willies, 2002
- Tony Bennett & Tim McGraw, on Duets: An American Classic, 2006
- and many more
Bootlegs
- This section is incomplete.
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