If The Fall Don't Kill You


(Travis Tritt/Charlie Daniels)
They'd been high school sweethearts since they were just fifteenA storybook beginning with the wedding of their dreamsConsumed by his ambition he soon left her at homeWith a promise and an empty house and too much time alone
Her boredom turned to drinking and drinking turned to liesAnd he let her get too far gone before he realizedAnd 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 storyYou've heard a thousand timesSomebody's trust gets brokenSomebody's left behindYou try walking a tightropeBut it's all uphillAnd if the fall don't kill youLord the heartbreak will
Two more childhood sweethearts in a small town far awayCommitted to each other since before their wedding dayThis will last forever that's what the whole town saidBut there are some temptations that can turn a good man's head
She was unexpeced when she came home from townShe never even noticed all the window shades pulled downAnd though he begged forgiveness she turned and ran awayWith the image of betrayal that time just can't erase
And it's the same old storyYou've heard a thousand timesSomebody's trust gets brokenSomebody's left behindYou try walking a tightropeBut it's all uphillAnd if the fall don't kill youLord the heartbreak will
And it's a sad old benediction to a wasted slice of lifeAnd there's an overwhelming price you've got to payIt's a losin' proposition and it cuts just like a knifeYou can't expect the hurt to go away
And it's the same old storyYou've heard a thousand timesSomebody's trust gets brokenSomebody's left behindYou try walking a tightropeBut it's all uphillAnd if the fall don't kill youLord the heartbreak will
And if the fall don't kill youLord the heartbreak willOh yeah







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