The Best Years of My Life by Loretta Lynn Lyrics

Thank goodness for the curtains
That are draped around the windows in my room
They keep the sun from shinin' through
So it won't find me here in all my gloom

My eyes are red and swollen
From the tears that baby's leavin' me has left
I haven't got the heart to go outside
And face the world alone just yet

God knows, I'm just as empty
As the closet where he used to hang his clothes
And passin' by that mirror
I see ten years of my life just come and go

The radio is playin' some old song
That baby used to sing to me
And in between my heartbeats
Lord, I think about the way it used to be

I tied the best years of my life around his love
Fastened my world to his and gave my heart because
I believed him everything is sad, I thought that's how it was
I tied the best years of my life around his love
I crossed the bridge of memories
Where the grass was green and his sweet dream was mine
But all of that is over now
He's broken all those precious ties that bind

I tied the best years of my life around his love
Fastened my world to his and gave my heart because
I believed him everything is sad, I thought that's how it was
I tied the best years of my life around his love