You Broke A Beautiful Thing - Paul Kelly

Like a child acting so carelessly

You destroyed something you just didn’t see

I’m not angry

How could I be angry with a child?

You broke a beautiful thing

And it won’t ever mend

Thoughtless child

All wrapped up in the shape of a man

I tried so hard to get you to understand

I’m so sorry

Why am I always the one saying sorry

Like a mother does for a child?

You broke a beautiful thing

And it won’t ever mend

I’ll never have the pieces again

I hate the way I keep losing things

And I hate the way when I lose something

I never seem to find it again

You broke a beautiful thing