[Verse 1]
How much, how long, can a heart go on taking?
How much, how long, 'fore a heart stops aching?
How much, how long, can a heart go on crying?
How much, how, long before a heart stops dying?

[Verse 2]
Does time really wash all the blues and tears away?
Or will time bring her back into your arms to stay?
But too late you find that you were mistaken
And how much, how long, 'fore your heart stops aching?

[Verse 3]
Does time really wash all the blues and tears away?
Or will time bring her back into your arms to stay?
Will sleep come when night falls or will you just lay there thinking?
How much, how long, 'fore your heart stops breaking?