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
