If The Fall Don't Kill You

They'd been high school sweethearts
 Since they were just fifteen
 A storybook beginning with the wedding of their dreams
 Consumed by his ambition he soon left her at home
 With a promise and an empty house
 And too much time alone
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 Her boredom turned to drinking and drinking turned to lies
 And he let her get too far gone before he realized
 And you wouldn't recognize them
 If you'd known them way back when
 'Cause now the flame of love's burned out
 And can't be lit again
 And it's the same old story
 You've heard a thousand times
 Somebody's trust gets broken
 Somebody's left behind
 You try walking a tightrope
 But it's all uphill
 And if the fall don't kill you
 Lord, the heartbreak will
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 Two more childhood sweethearts in a small town far away
 Committed to each other since before their wedding day
 This will last forever that's what the whole town said
 But there are some temptations
 That can turn a good man's head
 She was unexpeced when she came home from town
 She never even noticed all the window shades pulled down
 And though he begged forgiveness
 She turned and ran away
 With the image of betrayal that time just can't erase
 And it's the same old story
 You've heard a thousand times
 Somebody's trust gets broken
 Somebody's left behind
 You try walking a tightrope
 But it's all uphill
 And if the fall don't kill you
 Lord, the heartbreak will
 And it's a sad old benediction to a wasted slice of life
 And there's an overwhelming price you've got to pay
 It's a losin' proposition and it cuts just like a knife
 You can't expect the hurt to go away
 And it's the same old story
 You've heard a thousand times
 Somebody's trust gets broken
 Somebody's left behind
 You try walking a tightrope
 But it's all uphill
 And if the fall don't kill you
 Lord, the heartbreak will
 And if the fall don't kill you
 Lord, the heartbreak will
 Oh yeah