A freez-ing cold__ De-cem-ber___ brings a chill in-to_ my_ heart,___
and_ fills_ me with an emp - ti - ness___ now _ we're so far a - part.
Lost in my__ con-fu - sion,_  now through ev - 'ry-thing I___ see,___
oh  won't  you__ come on__ back,___ I  need  you  here____with me._

Be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____ 
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__
Be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____ 
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__

Lone-ly as the__ dark - ness___ casts a spell_ up-on_ the night,__
I'm past the point of car - ing___ if I'm wrong_ or I am right. 
I won - der if you re - al - ise,__ oh just what it means__ to me.
Lis - ten_ to me__ dar - lin__ I'm just try-ing to let you see__

be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__ 
Be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____ 
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__

Ear - ly morn-ing__ finds___ me___ at the house_ up-on the hill.___
Ev - 'ry-where the laugh - ter___ re-minds me_ of you still.__
I'm haunt - ed by the mem - 'ries___ all too ea - sy to re - call,__
I would dare to___ men-tion__ there's a les-son for_____us all.__

be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__ 
Be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____ 
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__

Tears al-rea-dy __ fall - ing, like the rain_ up-on__ the ground.
When the storm is o - ver,____ no trace of it is found.___
Ne - ver will I un - der -stand__ how you van-ished like__ the rain,
tell me that you'll come back,___ and let me live__ a - gain___

be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__ 
Be - fore,_____ be - fore,____   be-fore,_____ 
the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__

be-fore___ the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__ 
be - fore,__be - fore,___ be - fore,___ the next  heart - ache ____ falls.__ 
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