I got a Dear John letter in the mail just the other day
I opened it up and there wasn`t much left to say
A bus ticket, plane ticket, train ticket
There`s about a hundred ways to leave
It ain`t her goodbye, it`s her gone that`s killin` me
`Cause I`m here to tell you
If I learned one thing about love
It ain`t the fall that gets you
It`s the sudden stop that does
Well I wasn`t gonna take this broken heart laying down
So I jumped up, cranked up and headed for the lights of town
In a bright red drop dead tight dress she said, Honey come on in
And head over high heels, here I go again
`Cause I`m here to tell you
If I learned one thing about love
It ain`t the fall that gets you
It`s the sudden stop that does
Red light green light seat belt real tight
I`m headed straight for the wall
Goin` ninety miles an hour well I`m gonna risk it all
`Cause I`m here to tell you
If I learned one thing about love
It ain`t the fall that gets you
It`s the sudden stop
It ain`t the fall at all
It`s that sudden stop
It ain`t the fall that gets you
It`s the sudden stop that does