Have another drink, yeah, maybe dull the pain

Take another hit, but that don't ever stop the rain

Smile away the hours, you're never really there

You're safe behind the knowledge

they don't know how much you care.

But don't that stuff get awful heavy

You know it occurs to me

You're gonna break your heart if you don't leave it be

Lay it down, lay it all the way down.

Leave the words unspoken bite your tongue instead

Ah, but keep the fire smoking keep it humming in your head

Hold another grudge oh tight against your chest

Yeah, note another slight so you can add it to the rest.

Don't that stuff get awful heavy

You know it occurs to me

You're gonna break your heart if you don't leave it be

Lay it down, lay it all the way down.

The truth leaks out a little every time

You tell another desperate joke.

Yeah, don't that stuff get awful heavy

You know it occurs to me

You're gonna break your heart if you don't leave it be

Lay it down, lay it all the way down...