Writer in the Dark piano leadsheet with chords

Break the news you're walking out to be a good man for someone else.

Sorry I was never good like you.

Stood on my chest and kept me down,

hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd.

Did my best to exist just for you.

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark.

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark.

Now she's gonna play and sing,

and lock you in her heart.

Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark.

I am my mother's child.

I love you 'til my breathing stops,

I love you 'til you call the cops on me.

But in our darkest hours I stumbled on a secret pow'r:

I'll find a way to be without you,

babe. I still feel you now and then,

slow, like pseudoephidrine.

When you see me, will you say I've changed?

I ride the subway, read the signs,

I let the seasons change my mind.

I love it here since I've stopped needing you.

Bet you rue the (I am my mother's child.

I love you 'til my breathing stops,

I love you 'til you call the cops on me.

But in our darkest hours I stumbled on a secret pow'r:

I'll find a way to be without you,

babe.)