Heartland (1995)

Happy birthday
I hope it's a good one
A cup of coffee and my horoscope
A cigarette and a cold croissant
"It's what you want," she snaps as she closes the briefcase
She takes the car to work
I stay home
I do the the crossword puzzle and watch the news
And the blues is something that you never can shake
You can't take it like a man but you try to relate so you hit the showers for a couple hours
Comb your hair
Get dressed
Send some flowers to the Queen of Yesterday who got away
(But you'll never sign your name on the card anyway)
You say you hope she's happy but you know it's a lie
You're the one who said goodbye
Slammed the door in her face with all the style and grace of a two-penny prince
But it sets the pace in the Heartland

Six-thirty rolls around and she comes through the door with a case of beer from the corner store
We order Chinese and watch TV
We don't look at all like the lovers we see but we're drunk enough and we're lonesome too
I've wanted you since I first tipped my hat to you
So there were walks in the park
Serenades
Flowers
Kisses
Other charades
And I give in tonight to avoid a fight
Besides it's the only thing I still do right
But it's not enough to keep you true
How the hell am I supposed to understand you
So we skip to the breakdown and work on the shakedown
It's none of your business who I want to take down
You close your heart
I fall off the wagon
Love is grand
But life's a drag in the Heartland

Well the breakup hurts but mercy kills
Saturday morning stoned to the gills when I found you there in the easy-chair
You were romantic
I was debonair
So we cut to the chase
We both had a taste
But now you think I'm such a waste
I've got a big empty bed but I never sleep
I've got a Magic 8-Ball you let me keep and a bunch of books I still haven't read
You're still playing games in the back of my head and you always win
There it goes again
I can still hear you laughing
But you won't let me in on the joke in your soul that makes it easy to take what the two of us feel
Other hearts would break
But not you my Princess of the Past
Life goes on
But love can never last in the Heartland