You are, the only exception When I was younger I saw my daddy cry And curse at the wind He broke his own heart And I watched As he tried to reassemble it And my momma swore That she would never let herself forget

This is a woman's world Tell the truth Strong enough to rise above Said I'm stronger Stand up come together now Torn up, busted, taken apart I've been broken down Left with a broken heart But I'm stronger

'Til we break and scatter worlds apart Yeah, I paid the price and own the scars And our paper houses reach the stars Why did we climb and fall so far? (One, two, three) In this house of broken hearts We made our love out of stacks of cards And, yes, we

My heart bleeds for none but my own I am only nothing, I am only this Will not take the hate dealt from your hands Years of pain I will take and hone Manifest with your broken bones I am just a man with there two fists You have asked forgiveness

You are the only exception When I was younger I saw my daddy cry And curse at the wind He broke his own heart As I watched As he tried to re-assemble it And my momma swore She would never let herself forget

This love, this love, this love gon' master it This love, this love, this love can own our eyes I know I'm a scum bag and now your heart broke The night is still young, for you to sleep and whine Slow, slow, slow, for you to sleep and whine Slow, slow,

You, are, the only exception But, you, are, the only exception When I was younger I saw my daddy cry And cursed at the wind He broke his own heart And I watched As he tried to re-assemble it And my momma swore

She got the best of me She broke my heart Now all that's left of me Is beating in this guitar Every night, a different town She follows me around So you get what's left of me Yeah, you get what's left of me 'Cause she got the best of me

Lover, please do not Fall to your knees Like I believe in Everlasting love Over ghosts All the ghosts that broke my heart He walked down a busy street Staring solely at his feet

And how can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go round? How can you mend this broken man? How can a loser ever win? Please help me mend my broken heart And