You take a little cheating here
And a little cheating there
Stay out late with a new date
Have a little cheer
With another round of beer
That's the recipe for a heartache
Well, you tell the little gal
You're with an old pal
Who's celebrating his new name sake
It's not a new birth
But a gal's that's worth
Another chance on the heartache
Well, an old girlfriend
Happens in
Your office without warning
The good times start
With an old sweetheart
And you don't get home till morning
You can't deny
Your wife's reply
Your lipstick isn't on straight
You're gonna hear a holler
About the red on your collar
That's the recipe for a heartache
Well, you take a slow train
And not a jet plane
Because you wanna go on the Pullman
There's a gal you gotta see
In apartment B
And you really think
That you have pulled a cool one
Coming home from a trip
Your wife has a lips
Waiting at the door all puckered
You gotta a real recipe
For a heartache to be
If you crawl in bed all tuckered
If your wife is leery
When you say, "Deary
I gotta make a fast connection"
Assure your pet
That it's the jet
With turbine fuel injection
You took Lorain
Down the country lane
Your wife caught you in the cane break
You couldn't explain
About raising cane
And that's a recipe for a heartache
So live it up
Don't give it up
If misery is your favorite cup
Then live this life
And lose your wife
That's the recipe for a heartache