At first you have to learn how not to listen When she opens up her heart You try your best to make it all about you That's the easy part Take all your promises and break them Stay out late and come home high By this time your on you way It's going to be over any day And if you really try you wont have to wonder why Yeah take it from a man who knows Just how to break a heart Listen hard and listen close I got it down to a art Keep on thinkin' she won't leave You know the writing on the wall That's how you'll lose it all Yeah yeah yeah Let the walls fall down around you Let the bills and dishes stack up to the sky Make friends with regret Try you damnedest to forget But I bet you never will no I swear you never will Take it from a man who knows Just how to break a heart Listen hard and listen close I got it down to an art Keep on thinkin she won't leave You know the writing on the wall That's how you'll lose it all Yeah you lose it all yeah yeah Shes never comin' back No she ain't never comin' back No no no Take it from a man who knows Just how to break a heart Listen hard and listen close I got it down to an art Keep on thinkin she won't leave You know the writing on the wall That's how you'll lose it all Lose it all Yeah you lose it all Oh yeah you lose it all