At first you gotta learn how not to listen When she opens up her heart You try your best to make it all about you Yeah, that's the easy part Take all your promises and break 'em Stay out late and come home high By this time you're on your way It's going to be over any day And if you really try, you won't have to wonder why 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 lose it all Let the walls fall down around you Let the bills and dishes stack up to the sky Makes friends with regret Try your damnedest to forget And 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 lose it all, yeah 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 lose it all You lose it all Take all your promises and break them Oh