how do you do it
with no bone in your back
how can you stand there
i guess you just adapt
i thought i knew you
my love... i could tell
i was wrong and apparently
you were way off as well
i'm not the one
to pine away year after year
in fact i haven't thought about you
since the last time you were here
and i promise you
i wont ever again
i'm holding my ground
and i'm not giving in
and i promise you
i wont ever again
i've played at your game
and now i don't care to win
so how do you do it
with no bone in your back
disappear with no trace
then pull this out of your hat
you lie in my face
your 'quiet desperation' act
and persistently claim
no plan of attack
but i can see through
those old enemy lines
and your not taking me
i wont go down this time

years make you wiser
that's what they say
still there's a clean clean cut
i can't make go away
and i'm well aware
yea, i know the costs
cuz' we've both been there
and we both know i lost

so how do you do it
with no bone in your back
push to the edge
and keep your heart intact
how do you do it
and so shamelessly succeed
well however you do it darlin''
it wont be to me