[Verse 1]

Started out like it always starts

Try to hold the hunger back

You don't anticipate a broken heart

Can't see nothing but the track

A diamond earring in a Bowery bed

You kicked your shoes across the floor

Do you regret the things that went unsaid

Or have you heard it all before?

[Chorus]

Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner

Do I mean to be alone for all my days?

Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor

But that's your way

[Verse 2]

It ended like it always ends

Somebody crying on the phone

You tell each other you can still be friends

You both know you're on your own

My own behavior was a shock to me

I never thought I'd have the nerve

I hope you're sleeping through the night, Eileen

I hope they're grading on the curve

[Chorus]

Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner

Do I mean to be alone for all my days?

Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor

But that's your way

That's your way

[Verse 3]

Somebody broke my heart once

And I was useless for a week

I didn't leave my apartment

I didn't eat, I didn't speak

But then I found the letter she wrote

Against the wall behind the bed

It said, "Forever is a dead man's joke"

And that's the only thing it said

[Chorus]

Eileen, you should've seen this coming sooner

Do I mean to be alone for all my days?

Eileen, you thought the truth was just a rumor

But that's your way

That's your way