Sittin' on the bank, down by the river   I can recall the love I had to give her   Memories like leaves go by   Still afloat but in the cold they lie      Tell me lord what am I going to do      Thinkin' 'bout the winter and the ice on the pane   With my breadth on the window, she appeared on the lane   Everyday I thought out love wouldn't rain   But my heads in the fire and my hearts still aflame      Tell me lord what am I going to do      Talkin' to the mirror I discovered a beard   And traces of the future in the face that I feared   Every night I pace til dawn   You've been here before, so you should know the feelin'   Just when you think you've got it all together you start to reelin'   Straighten up the flower; you have stuck in your lapel   Get yourself ready, boy for the Heartbreak Hotel