(John Hiatt) 



Just a one more kiss 

He'll have to miss 

This night with you 

Now you're guilty of this secret love as I am too 



You'll get used to telling lies 

And feeling sorry when he cries 

Now that the strings are attached 

He'll catch on, we've done our part 

'Cause this is the way we make a broken heart 



Lesson number one 

We've just begun 

To hurt him so 

And with lesson two 

He'll long for you 

When lights are low 

Then we get to lesson three 

Where he gets down on his knees 

And begs you to stop at the door 

Just before he comes apart 

And this is the way we make a broken heart 



Now we've layed a trail of tears 

For him to follow 

And we've thought of every line 

That he might swallow 



And with lesson four 

There'll be no more 

For him to bear 

And on some dark night 

We'll dim the lights 

On this affair 



Then he'll find somebody new 

And she will hurt him too 

'Cause there must be millions just like you and me 

Practiced in the art 



This is the way we make a broken heart 

Oh,  this is the way we make a broken heart 

This is the way we make a broken heart