They'd been high school sweetheartsnSince they were just fifteennA storybook beginning with the wedding of their dreamsnConsumed by his ambition he soon left her at homenWith a promise and an empty housenAnd too much time alone.nnHer boredom turned to drinking and drinking turned to liesnAnd he let her get too far gone before he realizednAnd you wouldn't recognize themnIf you'd known them way back whenn'Cause now the flame of love's burned outnAnd can't be lit again.nnAnd it's the same old storynYou've heard a thousand timesnSomebody's trust gets brokennSomebody's left behindnYou try walking a tightropenBut it's all uphillnAnd if the fall don't kill younLord, the heartbreak will.nnTwo more childhood sweethearts in a small town far awaynCommitted to each other since before their wedding daynThis will last forever that's what the whole town saidnBut there are some temptationsnThat can turn a good man's head.nnShe was unexpeced when she came home from townnShe never even noticed all the window shades pulled downnAnd though he begged forgivenessnShe turned and ran awaynWith the image of betrayal that time just can't erase.nnAnd it's the same old storynYou've heard a thousand timesnSomebody's trust gets brokennSomebody's left behindnYou try walking a tightropenBut it's all uphillnAnd if the fall don't kill younLord, the heartbreak will.nnAnd it's a sad old benediction to a wasted slice of lifenAnd there's an overwhelming price you've got to paynIt's a losin' proposition and it cuts just like a knifenYou can't expect the hurt to go away.nnIt's the same old storynYou've heard a thousand timesnSomebody's trust gets brokennSomebody's left behindnYou try walking a tightropenBut it's all uphillnAnd if the fall don't kill younLord, the heartbreak will.nnAnd if the fall don't kill younLord, the heartbreak will.nOh yeah...