The state of play I'm through with that Just trying to stay afloat Can't keep my head up When the water gets this rough You know it's not the life I thought it was Cruising past the pawn shop Looking for a watch It's like your shirt says Be grateful what you got But I can't see things the way that you do Too much bad advice Tell me what lifts you up When love breaks down Brings you back to life Let's drop the pulse Just keep it down low Talk the night away Tell me what lifts you up When love, when love breaks down The sleazy lines and sequined suits Who got paid for that? First intermission See you at the bar Let someone take the empty seat I'm out the back Driving off the interstate Eyes a little tired Too wired to meditate I've been awake since 5 Let's go hang with your four-letter friends Get some more bad advice Tell me what lifts you up When love breaks down Brings you back to life Let's drop the pulse Just keep it down low Talk the night away Tell me what lifts you up When love, when love breaks down Drop the pulse Just keep it down low Talk the night away Drop the pulse Just keep it down low Talk the night away Drop the pulse Just keep it down low Talk the night away Drop the pulse Just keep it down low There's nothing left to say Drop the pulse Just keep it down low Drop the pulse Just keep it down low Drop the pulse Just keep it down low

My love and I, we work well together But often we're apart Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah, Till love breaks down, love breaks down Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather The sweet September rain Rain on me like, like no other Until I drown, until I drown When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down When love breaks down My love and I, we are boxing clever She'll never crowd me out Fall be free as old confetti And paint the town, paint the town When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves When love breaks down The things you do To stop the truth from hurting you When love breaks down The lies we tell, They only serve to fool ourselves When love breaks down When love breaks down

Me and this old girl, we got history Blood, sweat, and tears up in this front seat Lotta life in the rearview and miles of memories, yeah Been through some headlights, Been through some red lights Duckin' through the small town, Runnin' from them blue lights Well under the hood she's been good to me But tonight I hope she Breaks down on the side of the road With nothin' else runnin' but the radio You and me, girl, no one else around I wouldn't mind if this engine died right here, right now It'd be right on time 'Cause, girl, the way that you're lookin' at me right now It's got me hopin' that she breaks down, yeah I think it's cool that you think she's pretty You lookin' pretty too in that shotgun seat Like the way you let the window And your hair down Slidin' up next to me Now you wanna know, how fast she goes She ain't close to slow and I'm hopin' She goes up in smoke Right now Yeah, I'm hopin' she Breaks down on the side of the road With nothin' else runnin' but the radio You and me, girl, no one else around I wouldn't mind if this engine died right here, right now It'd be right on time 'Cause, girl, the way that you're Lookin' at me right now It's got me hopin' that she breaks down It's got me hopin' that she breaks down, breaks down I can barely keep my hands on this wheel Keep my eyes on this highway I've had this girl for years Never thought I'd pray she Breaks down on the side of the road Nothin' runnin' but the radio You and me, girl, no one else around I wouldn't mind if this engine died right here, Right now It'd be right on time 'Cause, girl, the way that you're Lookin' at me right now It's got me hopin' that she breaks down It's got me hopin' that she breaks down, breaks down