That's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how you know When my heart first broke I was just nineteen And I let that guy break my self-esteem And I cried to my dad as he just held me He said, ohh-oh that's how, that's how you know-ow I wrote a couple songs as an angsty teen And I prayed to the lord he would hurt like me But I talked to my friends, they all said the same thing They said, ooh-oh that's how, that's how you know-ow That if your heart got bruised Thank God you're living 'Cause the healing comes soon, healing comes soon And if your heart still hurts That means you're human And the healing comes soon, healing comes soon That's how, that's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how, that's how you know That you loved him, you'll love again That's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how you A couple years passed, I can leave a [?] And I met a couple guys but they aren't my cup of tea So I pour myself a glass and I toast to me I say, oh-oh that's how, that's how you know-ow That if your heart got bruised Thank God you're living 'Cause the healing comes soon, healing comes soon And if your heart still hurts That means you're human And the healing comes soon, healing comes soon That if your heart got bruised Thank God you're living 'Cause the healing comes soon, healing comes soon And if your heart still hurts That means you're human And the healing comes soon, healing comes soon That's how, that's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how, that's how you know That you loved him, you'll love again Someday when I meet the other half of me He'll tell me 'bout the girl that broke his heart at nineteen How his momma held him like my dad held me And they said, oh-oh that's how, that's how you know-ow That's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how you know That's how, that's how you know