Empty Double-Bed Blues

Alarm rang at five

There was nowhere to go

Michael lost his wife

And the job he used to know

Empty double-bed

And a low radio

Pink slip by the ring

Saying

let her go (ahhhh)

How does a broken heart survive

When the house is still alive With every word we never said

And her side of the bed I keep breathing,

I keep trying

Lord, I don't know why

How does a broken heart survive

(yeah) Black coffee in my hands

I stood out on the porch

Watched yesterday's promises

Burn down like a torch

The factory gates were iron

Cold against the dawn

She pulled out of the drive

And just kept moving on

How does a broken heart survive When the house is still alive

With every word we never said

And her side of the bed I keep breathing,

I keep trying

Lord, I don't know why

How does a broken heart survive

(ooh) Maybe a loud man sings When silence takes the room

Maybe the hardest prayer

Is learning what to lose If mercy comes by morning Let it

find me on my knees (ahhhh)

How does a broken heart survive When the house is still alive

I see her ring beside that paper

Like a last goodbye I keep breathing,

I keep trying

Till the sun climbs high How does a broken heart survive

How does a broken heart survive (yeah) Alarm rings at five But

I let it cry Still I'm here,

still alive (ahhhh)