Can’t Have a Heart

[Verse]
You can try hard to soften the blow
I feel it coming that you're gonna go
Californian in a New York minute
You've got a dream and I'm not in it

[Verse]
I know that leavin' look in your eye
It's like you're waiting on the perfect time
If I said I didn't see it, I'd be a lie
You're an about-to-fly bird on a wire

[Chorus]
You can break it to me gently, baby
You can let me down easy
If you want to
You can say you're gonna miss me
While you goodbye-kiss me
But there's one thing you can't do
You can't have a heart and break one too

[Verse]
You can sprinkle sugar all over the pain
Make it tastе sweet like a piece of cakе
There ain't no way to have it both ways, huh
Go on, tell me you don't love me

[Verse]
Take your sorry's and your meant-to-be's
Toss 'em with your bags in the back seat
Do me a favour, leave my heart behind
You take yours, and baby I'll keep mine (yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]
You can break it to me gently, baby
You can let me down easy
If you want to
You can say you're gonna miss me
While you goodbye-kiss me
But there's one thing you can't do
You can't have a heart and break one too

[Bridge]
Don't kill me with kindness
Would you mind if
I got on with my life
Have a heart, don't break it to me...

[Chorus]
...Gently
You don't have to let me down easy
Baby, tell me the truth
You can say you're gonna miss me
While you goodbye-kiss me
But there's one thing you can't do
You can't have a heart
You can't have a heart and break one too

[Outro]
No, no
Baby, you can't have a heart
Oh no
Baby, you can't have a heart
You can't have a heart and break one too