If The Fall Don't Kill You Lyrics - Travis Tritt

They'd been high school sweethearts 

Since they were just fifteen 

A storybook beginning with the wedding of their dreams 

Consumed by his ambition he soon left her at home 

With a promise and an empty house 

And too much time alone 

Her boredom turned to drinking and drinking turned to lies 

And he let her get too far gone before he realized 

And you wouldn't recognize them 

If you'd known them way back when 

'Cause now the flame of love's burned out 

And can't be lit again 

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And it's the same old story 

You've heard a thousand times 

Somebody's trust gets broken 

Somebody's left behind 

You try walking a tightrope 

But it's all uphill 

And if the fall don't kill you 

Lord, the heartbreak will 

Two more childhood sweethearts in a small town far away 

Committed to each other since before their wedding day 

This will last forever that's what the whole town said 

But there are some temptations 

That can turn a good man's head 

She was unexpeced when she came home from town 

She never even noticed all the window shades pulled down 

And though he begged forgiveness 

She turned and ran away 

With the image of betrayal that time just can't erase 

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And it's the same old story 

You've heard a thousand times 

Somebody's trust gets broken 

Somebody's left behind 

You try walking a tightrope 

But it's all uphill 

And if the fall don't kill you 

Lord, the heartbreak will 

And it's a sad old benediction to a wasted slice of life 

And there's an overwhelming price you've got to pay 

It's a losin' proposition and it cuts just like a knife 

You can't expect the hurt to go away 

And it's the same old story 

You've heard a thousand times 

Somebody's trust gets broken 

Somebody's left behind 

You try walking a tightrope 

But it's all uphill 

And if the fall don't kill you 

Lord, the heartbreak will 

And if the fall don't kill you 

Lord, the heartbreak will 

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