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