On a long cold lonely winter's night

In a lonely town where only one survives

There's a lonely road that's leadin' to the heart

Of the broken home of a lonely man

This house is old and fragile like the bones

Of an old man without love growin' old alone

He holds her picture in his hand

Tell me lover is this how it ends

Tell me lover is this how it ends

In a quiet town west of Philadelph'

On a quiet road she waits for one else

Dear Henry never came that way again

It was the bullet from the gun of a greedy man

But day break you can find her on the line

Makin' sure that the 303 is right on time

She holds his ticket in her hand

Tell me lover is this how it ends

Tell me lover is this how it ends

On this mountain side is where I lay my head

On the otherside, he cries, that lonely man

And my bones ache and my eyes are bloody red

As I listen to the cry of the weary wind

Sayin' maybe you'll come back again

Tell me lover

Tell me lover is this how it ends

Tell me lover is this how it ends