Happy Hearts
by Okkervil River
From the album: Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See
Track 6 of 9 on Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See (2002).
Duration: 4:17
Lyrics for Happy Hearts
Why must happy hearts break so hard Leave you curled up in the back seat of a car Staring up at the windshield When will broken hearts learn how to heal This boy I knew was five years older than me His daddy left him when he was three After we went walking by a stream He held me down and made me feel as bad as he Why must happy hearts break so hard Leave you standing in the darkness of the barn Staring at those rusty wheels, When will broken hearts learn how to heal And everybody's searching for a place to put their love See the people on the street, They go home, and what do you think they dream of Unconditional love Why did you leave me Mother, oh, why do you sleep with him He says he's smothering, then he comes back again In our house for the weekend Why must people's breaking hearts pretend Why must happy hearts break so hard Leave you staring in the mirror of a bar Leave you talking to yourself Cause you can't talk to anybody else