Broken Heart Survival

Alarm rang at five No road left to take (ahhhh)

Alarm rang at five,

but there was nowhere to go

Michael divorced his wife

and his job in the snow

Just an empty double-bed

and the quiet radio

A pink slip by her ring,

where the last soft mercy goes

Funny how a quiet house Can make a loud man sing

When the furnace quits talking And the phone won't ring

I poured black coffee,

stood out on the porch

Watched yesterday's promises burn like a torch

The factory gates closed,

she pulled out the drive

I'm learning how a broken heart survives (yeah)

I found her grocery list

under last week's news

Milk, bread, cigarettes, and a pair of walking shoes

Her coffee cup was clean,

mine was stained and cold

Some folks leave a letter,

some just leave you old

I used to be thunder

Coming through that door

Now I count the floorboards

And ask what pride was for (ooh)

I poured black coffee,

stood out on the porch

Watched yesterday's promises burn like a torch

The factory gates closed,

she pulled out the drive

But dawn keeps coming,

and a broken heart survives (yeah)

Dawn keeps coming A broken

heart survives (ahhhh)