[Intro]

(That's how it starts when it ends)

[Verse]

She put clothes in a suitcase, I put Jack in a soda

She got the TV, and I got the sofa

And it hit me for the first time, which one of us gets our friends?

I guess that’s how it starts when it ends

(That's how it starts when it ends)

[Pre-Chorus]

Lot of quiet in the livin' room, no red wine in the kitchen

Lot of space in this king-size, a lot of somethin’ missin'

And I'm stuck here getting used to no sleep and an empty bed

[Chorus]

I guess that's how it starts when it ends

It's hell on a heart

It's long, lonely nights in the neon dark

Whole lot of hole-in-the-wall dive bars

Yeah, I guess that's how it starts when it ends

It's hidin’ the heart

Swearin’ you're fine and knowin’ you aren't

It's a whole lot of fallin' apart

If that’s how it starts when it ends

Hell, I hope it don't end how it starts

(I hope it don't end how it starts)

[Pre-Chorus]

Just when I think I'm on the backside of hurtin'

One of those songs comes on, and the whiskey stops workin'

And I'm right back at square one, my movin' on done come undone again

[Chorus]

I guess that's how it starts when it ends

It's hell on a heart

It's long, lonely nights in the neon dark

Whole lot of hole-in-the-wall dive bars

Yeah, I guess that's how it starts when it ends

It's hidin' the heart

Swearin' you're fine and knowin' you aren't

It's a whole lot of fallin' apart

If that's how it starts when it ends

Hell, I hope it don't end how it starts

[Bridge]

Hell, I hope I'll stay this broken

Hope it gets to goin' better than it's goin'

Yeah, I hope, yeah, I hope, yeah

I hope I ain't always hopin'

Yeah-yay

[Chorus]

When it ends

It's hell on a heart

It's long, lonely nights in the neon dark

Whole lot of hole-in-the-wall dive bars

Yeah, I guess that's how it starts when it ends

It's hidin' the heart

Swearin' you're fine and knowin' you aren't

It's a whole lot of fallin' apart

If that's how it starts when it ends

Hell, I hope it don't end how it starts