Learn To Live Without

	  		
G 
You learn to take your coffee black 
You learn to drink your whiskey neat 
C 
You learn to take your shower cold 
And sleep on tired feet 

Em 
You learn to order dinner in 
You learn to send the laundry out 
D 
You learn to amuse yourself 
                     G 
You learn to live without 

C                                                      G 
You tell yourself you're rich at last in money and in time 
C                                     D 
You draw a bath and then unplug the phone 
C                                    Em 
You pour yourself a Pinot Clo Du Val 2003 
F                                   D 
You sit a spell a queen upon her throne 
                  G 
You go to bed alone 

You learn to fall asleep alone 
You learn to silence ticking clocks 
You learn to turn the shades at night 
And double check the locks 

You learn to speak so calmly when 
Your heart would like to scream and shout 
You learn to smile and breathe and smile 

You learn to live without 

You find the coat and tie you thought you?d given to good will 
You stumble along a long lost set of chess 
You see him there in corners and in closets and on shelves 
And truth be told you?d like to see him less 

You stumble through the morning but you waken for the day 
You tell yourself that all is going well 
But now and then a sense of loss just slams you in the chest 
You know that no one else can really tell 
You make it all seem swell 

You learn to count the quiet winds 
An hour with no unprompted tears 
And not to count the deadly days 
As they fade into years 

You learn to stand alone at last 
So brave and bold and strong and stout 
You learn to somehow like the dark 
You even love the doubt 
You learn to hold your life inside you 
And never let it out 
You learn to live and live and die and live 

You learn to live without 
You learn to live without 
You learn to live without