It's the guitar that played the song
That wooed the woman
That broke his heart
That made him love her in the first place
That's why he fell apart
But it's the things he had to say
That made him fear that made him fail
That made him wish that he had said them
That he was with her there

so, that's the way things go
Sometimes you realize there's no way to rewind
She's gone and you can't find her
You know, that's the way things go, sometimes

It's the promise that he made
That he would call her that he broke
That left her standing on the balcony
To watch the stars alone
But it's the number that was right
That he wrote wrong
That he called time and time again
That left him wandering with flowers in his hands

so, that's the way things go
Sometimes you realize there's no way to rewind
She's gone and you can't find her
You know, that's the way things go, sometimes

It's the voice he had to follow
He thought belonged to her that she
was singing from a window
that overlooked the sea
but It's the road that he was on
that she was not
that he forgot
that made her think that he had left her
when really he had not

so, that's the way things go
Sometimes you realize there's no way to rewind
She's gone and you can't find her
You know, that's the way things go, sometimes