[Chorus]

My broken heart won't play gentle with my mind

So every night I find myself thinking of you

But I'm only playing games

I bet my heart against my brain

And every time I lose

[Verse 1]

In all your songs you sang of leaving

Yet my heart kept me believing

That by some stroke of luck you might stay

Somewhere our flame lingers on

But it no longer keeps me warm

For you are gone, your love is so far away

[Verse 2]

And now your memory is black-and-white

How sentimental and how trite

Of me to paint your picture this way

But in this dark and lonely room

No shade'll quite match these blues

So I'll let all the colors fade to gray

[Chorus]

My broken heart won't play gentle with my mind

So every night I find myself thinking of you

But I'm only playing games

I bet my heart against my brain

And every time I lose

[Verse 3]

So on this barstool here I sit

With all the candles dimly lit

While the jukebox plays all the wrong songs

And I wonder if these tunes

Do the same thing to you

For I'm lost in my head before long

[Verse 4]

I know I told you I don't cry

But, Honey, you know that's a lie

So in my dreams you're wiping my eyes

Then you'll ask me for this dance

And for another second chance

And then I wake only to find…

[Chorus]

My broken heart won't play gentle with my mind

So every night I find myself thinking of you

But I'm only playing games

I bet my heart against my brain

And every time I lose

Oh, every time I lose