Sherry had a pawnshop band of gold

A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold

'Long came a boy pretty as the devil

She took his hand, the whole thing unraveled

There's no turnin' round

It's Brokedown

Billy took the ring and jammed it in his pocket

Drove downtown and tried to hock it

Down to the bottom of Lake Ponchetrain

There's a love note carved inside a wedding ring

Brokedown, cracked and shattered

Left in Pieces like it never even mattered

Brokedown, torn and frayed

Ain't nothin' left you could give away

There's no turnin' round

It's Brokedown

Ain't no tellin' where love goes

Maybe down where the Black River flows

Won't be comin' back round

It's Brokedown

Baby in the backseat and another on the way

Sherry thinks of Billy and at the end of every day

Spends her nights waitin' for real life to start

List'nin' to the sound of her double-crossed heart

Brokedown, cracked and shattered

Left in Pieces like it never even mattered

There's no turnin' round

It's Brokedown

On the other side of town two lovers lie still

Cigarette smokin' on a window sill

There's a picture locked up in an old suitcase

Billy closes his eyes, but he still sees her face

Brokedown, cracked and shattered

Left in Pieces like it never even mattered

Brokedown, torn and frayed

Ain't nothin' left you could give away

There's no turnin' round

It's Brokedown

Brokedown