[Chorus]
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
She only seems to need me now and then
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
But she's mine alone till springtime comes again

[Verse 1]
When springtime comes, I know that she'll be leaving
When those friends of hers start calling her from town
So I lie and wait for Shelly's winter season
When her troubled moments bring her back around

[Chorus]
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
She only seems to need me now and then
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
But she's mine alone till springtime comes again

[Verse 2]
When Shelly's painted world turns cold and stormy
It's then she finds the need to come around
To these arms of mine she knows are always waiting
But she'll leave when love has thawed the winter ground

[Chorus]
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
She only seems to need me now and then
I know I'm only Shelly's winter love
But she's mine alone till springtime comes again