first you gotta learn how not to listen
when she opens up her heart. try your best to make it all about you
that's the easy part. take all your promises
and break 'em. stay out late
and come home high. and by this time you're on your way
it's gonna be over any day. and if you've really tried
you won't have to wonder why. take it from a man who knows
just how to break a heart. listen hard
listen close
i got it down to an art. keep on thinkin' she won't leave
ignore the writing on the wall. that's how you lose it all. let the walls fall down around you. let the bills and the dishes stack up to the sky. make friends with regret
and try your damnedest to forget. and you bet
you never will
oh i swear
you never will. take it from a man who knows
just how to break a heart. listen hard
listen close
i got it down to an art. keep on thinkin' she won't leave
ignore the writing on the wall. that's how you lose it all. take it from a man who knows
just how to break a heart. listen hard
listen close
i got it down to an art. keep on thinkin' she won't leave
ignore the writing on the wall. that's how you lose it all. you lose it all. take all your promises
and break 'em.