I got a "Dear John" letter in the mail just the other day I opened it up and there wasn't much left to say A bus ticket, plane ticket, train ticket There's about a hundred ways to leave It ain't her goodbye, it's her gone that's killin' me 'Cause I'm here to tell you If I learned one thing about love It ain't the fall that gets you It's the sudden stop that does Well I wasn't gonna take this broken heart laying down So I jumped up, cranked up and headed for the lights of town In a bright red drop dead tight dress she said, "Honey come on in" And head over high heels, here I go again 'Cause I'm here to tell you If I learned one thing about love It ain't the fall that gets you It's the sudden stop that does Red light green light seat belt real tight I'm headed straight for the wall Goin' ninety miles an hour well I'm gonna risk it all 'Cause I'm here to tell you If I learned one thing about love It ain't the fall that gets you It's the sudden stop It ain't the fall at all It's that sudden stop It ain't the fall that gets you It's the sudden stop that does