Just a one more kiss 
He'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 he cries 
Now that the strings are attached 
He'll catch on, we've done our part 
'Cause this is the way we make a broken heart 

Lesson number one 
We've just begun 
To hurt him so 
And with lesson two 
He'll long for you 
When lights are low 
Then we get to lesson three 
Where he gets down on his knees 
And begs you to stop at the door 
Just before he comes apart 
And this is the way we make a broken heart 

Now we've laid a trail of tears 
For him to follow 
And we've thought of every line 
That he might swallow 

And with lesson four 
There'll be no more 
For him to bear 
And on some dark night 
We'll dim the lights 
On this affair 

Then he'll find somebody new 
And she will hurt him too 
'Cause there must be millions just like you and me 
Practiced in the art 

This is the way we make a broken heart 
Oh, this is the way we make a broken heart 
This is the way we make a broken heart