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

Chorus
They don't write 'em like that anymore
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)