Well guess who I saw today    Standing outside my favorite cafe    Sipping his morning coffee    On my street       I said how are you?    I'm just fine    I think that I recognize that tie    He said sorry I never got to say good-    By the I'm doing much much better    I was just a little under the weather    But pay no mind to me       'Cause you know that    It only hurts when I breathe    And I make believe    That maybe he truly needs me    It only hurts here and there    But doesn't he care?    Doesn't he ever miss me?    It only hurts me when I breathe       So you finally quit smoking these days?    And I like your hair real short by the way    I never could get it out of your face    So if I don't care if they made you go    Tell your parents I said hello    Tell them my life is going just as-    I planned a trip    I'm going somewhere exotic    I will show you the pictures    Tell you all about it for    That's how you leave me       'Cause you know that    It only hurts when I breathe    When I make believe that    Maybe he truly needs me    It only hurts here and there    But doesn't he care?    Doesn't he ever miss me?    It only hurts me when I breathe       So whatcha doin' tomorrow night?    Let's have a drink    I won't bite    He said sure let me just run it by    My wife       It only hurts when I breathe    When I make believe that    Maybe he truly needs me    It only hurts here and there    But doesn't he care?    Doesn't he ever miss me?    It only hurts me when I breathe