Though I watched you with the smile as you started walk the aisle I was list'ning to the bells that broke my heart They were ringing out with joy of a lucky girl and boy But for me they were the bells that broke my heart For they told me I have lost you now forever And I hoped and prayed we'd made just one more start And I saw I might have been from the outside looking in As I listen to the bells that broke my heart [ guitar ] For I knew that I could never love another And they told me that forever we must part Still my eyes are filled with tears and I know down through the years I'll be list'ning to the bells that broke my heart