I Wish Hearts Would Break - Suzy Bogguss

He was a giant

Swung a heavy hammer

In the bottom of a mine

But he always came up smiling

A light within his eyes

Now there is a skeleton

That I don’t recognize

But it is not the coal

That has him fading fast

It is a love gone forever

That he thought would last

That he can’t get past

I wish hearts would break

It wouldn’t be quite

Such a beating to take

Why don’t they give in

Instead of coming back

Over and over again

Oh, I wish hearts would break

She was an angel

Arms open wide

Never met a stranger

Now she withdraws

At the slightest touch

Like an animal that’s beaten

One time too much

But it was not an angry hand

That hurt her so

It was a gentle one

That she used to hold

That let her go

I wish hearts would break

It wouldn’t be quite

Such a beating to take

Why don’t they give in

Instead of coming back

Over and over again

Oh, I wish hearts would break

I wish hearts would break

It wouldn’t be quite

Such a beating to take

Why don’t they give in

Instead of coming back

Over and over again

Oh, I wish hearts would break…