The way we make a broken heart (Country 1, 1987) (video)

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1. Just one more kiss, she'll have to miss, this night with you,

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now you're guilty of this secret love, as I am, too.

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You'll get used to telling lies, feeling sorry when she cries,

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now that the strings aren't attached, you'll catch on,

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we've done our part.

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Oh, and this is the way we make a broken heart.

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2. Lesson number one, we've just begun to hurt her so,

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and with lesson two she'll long for you, when lights are low.

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And when we get to lesson three, when she gets down on her knees,

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begs you to stop at the door just before she comes apart.

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Oh, this is the way we make a broken heart.

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+ Now we've made a trail of tears for her to follow,

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and we've thought of every line that she might swallow.

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3. And with lesson four there will be no more for her to bear,

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and on some dark night we'll dim the lights on this affair.

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Then she'll find somebody new, and he'll likely hurt her, too,

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‘cause there must be millions just like you and me,

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practiced in the art.

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Oh, and this is the way we make a broken heart.

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Oh, and this is the way we make a broken heart.

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Ay yi yi yi yi yi yi yi, this is the way we make a broken heart.

Em

Ay yi yi yi yi yi yi yi,

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this is the way, this is the way, this is the way, this is the way,

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oh, this is the way we make a broken heart.

+ C - D - G - Em (4x, with various bits of lyrics) ....

(orig. = capo 1st) (Rosanne Cash)