Story Behind The Song

The song was written about the fact that it is very easy to take for granted what you have in another person, either initially or in the end. And you never know what you have until it is gone.

Song Description

A woman is fed up with the lack of interest she is getting from her husband and decides to leave him. She calls him to tell him goodbye and he returns her sentiment in kind. The silence that usually accompanies such news is the focus of the chorus.

Lyrics

You Could Have Heard a Heart Break

Another Saturday night and she's home alone
Her man's out paintin' the town before he comes home
She's packin' her bags and she'll be gone
Then she calls him up on the telephone

Hello husband this here is your wife
For the last six years I've been wastin' my life
But that's all endin' right here tonight
And there was a silence on the line

Chorus:
You could have heard a heart break
As the tears welled up inside
You could have heard a heart break
She said she just wish him a good bye

Well he sat right up in his bar room seat
Choked back the tears with another shot of that Jim Beam
He wiped his brow and he cleared his throat
And with a glare in his eye this is what he spoke

Hello woman this here is your man
Now for the first six years I did all that one man can
But you were cold and I gave up the fight
Now I drowned my love in a bottle of whiskey every night

Chorus:
You could have heard a heart break
As the tears welled up inside
You could have heard a heart break
He said he just wished her a good life

Chorus:
You could have heard a heart break
As the tears welled up inside
You could have heard a heart break
We all know our hearts can mend with time

Another Saturday night and they're home alone