Val Davis - Mae Pyle

She walks the bluffs alone looking out to sea
Near her weather-worn shingle shack where wait her cats and tea
I drive her into town and have to wonder why
In the stone cold silence her affections lie

Mae Pyle the snow lies heavy at your door
Mae Pyle springtime gone will come no more
I would come to warm your heart but you won't let me near
Mae Pyle what is it you fear.

In my days of you we stole apples from your trees
Just to hear you voice could cause our blood to freeze
Now the orchard lies forgotten choked with weeds
Just like a broken heart abandoned and in need

Mae Pyle the snow lies heavy at your door
Mae Pyle springtime gone will come no more
I would come to warm your heart but you won't let me near
Mae Pyle what is it you fear.

The stinging winter winds are blowing through the trees
On the jagged rocks below the seaspray starts to freeze
As the season ends I'll have to drive away
Wondering what curse could make that lonely widow stay

Mae Pyle the snow lies heavy at your door
Mae Pyle springtime gone will come no more
I would come to warm your heart but you won't let me near
Mae Pyle what is it you fear.