Though I watched you with a smile As you started down the aisle I was listenin' to the bells that broke my heart They were ringin' out the joy Of a lucky girl and boy But for me, they were the bells that broke my heart For they told me I had lost you now, forever And I'd hoped and prayed we'd made just one more start And I saw what might have been From the outside, lookin' in As I listened to the bells that broke my heart ♪ 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 listenin' to the bells that broke my heart