Chill wind cuts through the screen door screen
Frost on the window pane
A memory of you walking out
In the cold November rain
The fire crackles in the hearth
But it cannot warm the floor
Where your boots once left their mark
On the hardwood by the door
And I remember winter
When the snow began to fall
You said you'd never leave me
But I watched you take it all
The silence and the long nights
The frost upon the ground
I'm left here with the winter
And the lonesome blues I've found
The truck is parked out in the drive
Engine cold and still
I still see your breath in the air
On that lonely frozen hill
And I remember winter
When the snow began to fall
You said you'd never leave me
But I watched you take it all
The silence and the long nights
The frost upon the ground
I'm left here with the winter
And the lonesome blues I've found
The whiskey bottle's empty
The guitar string is broke
I'm singing to the rafters
And the ghosts of every joke
And I remember winter
When the snow began to fall
You said you'd never leave me
But I watched you take it all
The silence and the long nights
The frost upon the ground
I'm left here with the winter
And the lonesome blues I've found
The sun is coming up slow
Across the frozen field
But the winter in my heart
Is a wound that won't be healed