Those were the days, we had high hopes and promises Long since broke, you were a friend of mine, oh-oh In a more innocent time, oh-oh Poetry ran like blood through our veins, we'd talk for hours Then start up again, we were family, oh-oh You meant so much to me, oh-oh There are many of us with hearts made of stone You were never that strong, I wish I'd known You got a paper heart and it's tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out Like yesterday's news, you'd be gone before long Now I hear the news, second hand, what's become of you? I can't understand and it breaks my heart, oh-oh That we drifted apart, oh-oh You're not real anymore, you're a paper machine Whatever you were, has long since blown away Like a paper heart that's been tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out And you can't kick, you've been down too long You got a paper heart that's been ripped off Nothing left in you that I mixed up And I can read it in your eyes that you'll soon be gone You're not real anymore, you're a paper machine Whatever you were, has long since blown away Like a paper heart that's been tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out And you can't kick, you've been down too long You got a paper heart that's been ripped off Nothing left in you that I mixed up And I can read it in your eyes that you'll soon be gone You got a paper heart and it's tearing You got a paper heart and it's wearing out And like yesterday's news, you'll be gone before long You got a paper heart You got a paper heart Soon you'll be gone You got a paper heart You got a paper heart Soon you'll be gone You got a paper heart You got a paper heart