The Breakup Song
Greg Kihn
We had broken up for good just an hour before
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
And now I’m staring at the bodies as they’re dancing ‘cross the floor
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
And then the band slowed the tempo and the music gets you down
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
It was the same old song with a melancholy sound
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
They just don't write 'em like that anymore
We’d been living together for a million years
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
But now it feels so strange out of the atmospheres
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
And now I’m staring at the bodies as they’re dancing so slow
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental (short)
Mm, now I wind up staring at an empty glass
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
‘Cause it’s so easy to say that you’ll forget your past
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, aah
Repeat Chorus (3x)