[Verse 1] The radio's been playing The same old song all day That voice from '59 Still knows just what to say Calendar on the wall Keeps turning pages slow But some songs got into our bones They never let us go [Pre-Chorus] They said the music fades to silence Said these old songs would disappear But every time the piano plays I swear that you're right here [Chorus] Breaking up is hard to do Even harder now it's true You wrote the words we cried to Now we're crying them for you The love will keep us together These songs will live forever Breaking up is hard to do Hard to say goodbye to you [Verse 2] Down on Broadway pianos Where the Brill Building dreamed You wrote the soundtrack to our lives Every tear and every scream A thousand teenage slow dances A million broken hearts made whole You turned three minutes of perfection Into something for the soul [Chorus] Breaking up is hard to do Even harder now it's true You wrote the words we cried to Now we're crying them for you The love will keep us together These songs will live forever Breaking up is hard to do Hard to say goodbye to you [Bridge] Calendar girl, the months keep turning January through December's snow And in every song you left behind The best of you still shows Time can take the singer But it cannot steal the sound And every time we sing your words Your love is still around [Final Chorus] Breaking up is hard to do Even harder now it's true You wrote the words we cried to Now we're crying them for you The love will keep us together [These songs will live forever] Breaking up is hard to do [Hard to do] Hard to say goodbye to you [Outro] The melody keeps playing [keeps playing] Your song will see us through
