What do you say, let's just kind of keep the
spirit up with a little novelty tune called
A
Recipe for a
Heartache.
You take a little cheatin' here and a little cheatin' there,
stay out late with a new day.
Have a little cheer with another round of beer,
that's the recipe for a heartache.
Well, you tell the little gal you're with an old pal
who's celebrating his new namesake
It's not a new birth,
but a gal that's worth another chance on the heartache
Well, an old girlfriend happens in
your office without a warning
The good times start with an old sweetheart
and you don't get home till morning
You can't deny your wife's reply,
your lipstick isn't all straight
You're gonna hear a holler about the red on your collar,
that's the recipe for a heartache.
Well you take a slow train
and not a jet plane
Because you want to go
on a full moon
There's a gal you gotta see
in a part with me
And you really think that you
have pulled a good one
Comin' home from a trip,
your wife is her lips
Awaitin' at the door all puckered
You got a real recipe for a heartache to be
If you call him fed all tuckered
If your wife is weary when you say deary
I gotta make a fast connection
Assure your pet that it's a jet
With turbine fuel injection
You took
Lorraine down the country lane
Your wife caught you in the cane break
You couldn't explain about raisin' cane
And that's the recipe for a heartache
So live it up, don't give it up
If misery's your favorite cup
Then lead this life, lose your wife
That's the recipe for a heartache
Well, there it is, friends.
Thank you very much.