Just a one more kiss she'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 she cries   Now that the strings are attached   She'll catch on   We've done our part      Oh, this is the way we make a broken heart      Lesson number one we've just begun   To hurt her so   And with lesson two she'll long for you   When lights are low   And we get to lesson three   When she gets down on her knees   And begs you to stop at the door   Just before   She comes apart      This is the way we make a broken heart      Bridge:   Now we laid a trail of tears   For her to follow   And we've thought of every line   That she might swallow      And with lesson four there'll be no more   For her to bear   And on some dark night we'll dim the lights   On this affair      Then she'll find somebody new   And he'll likely hurt her too   'cause there must be millions just like you and me   Practiced in the art      This is the way we make a broken heart   This is the way we make a broken heart