I tossed on beds of wire
The coast was catching fire
Seeing you was too sad to believe
A shell of the man you used to be
You asked for my advice
About how to make her nice
But if you trade your soul to share her bed
You'll be hanging with the naked and the dead
Go now, run, and don't you dare look back
You're safer sleeping on a railroad track
Find your comfort anywhere you can
A broken heart is better than a broken man
It stuck inside my throat
I buttoned up my coat
To think of what my silence could've cost
That's why tonight I'm feverish and lost
I don't want to see you sacrifice
Don't you be her plastic dashboard Christ
A broken heart is better
Go now, run, and don't you dare look back
You're safer sleeping on a railroad track
Find your comfort anywhere you can
A broken heart is better than a broken man
I tossed on beds of wire
The coast was catching fire