Jenny's sitting in the car In the middle of some abandoned Shoney's parking lot Ripping off the filters off her cigarettes Crying, he loves me, loves me not She checks her makeup in the rearview mirror and turns the radio on It hasn't hit her yet But all she's looking at is another lonely night coming on Everybody learns the hard way The hard way about love It's easy to think that there's something better out there somewhere But make no mistake Everybody learns the hard way about love Meanwhile across town Tommy's in a dark bar watching some blonde girl shaking all she's got Out on the tiles, out on the edge He's gonna give it his best shot All that hard earned money ever got him was all alone It's two in the morning and the only thing that's falling is the rain And it's a long walk home Everybody learns the hard way The hard way, yeah The hard way about love It's easy to think that there's something better out there somewhere But make no mistake Everybody learns the hard way about love Everybody learns the hard way about love And in the cold heart light of day Romeo doesn't always get his Juliet You take your hands off the wheel Your eyes off the prize You'll get a lesson that you won't forget Down on your knees and regret Chorus