1. You can tell the world you never was my girl, you can burn my clothes up when I am gone.

2. You can tell your Ma, I moved to Arkansas, you can tell your dog to bite my leg.

1. You can tell your friends just what a fool I've been, and laugh and joke about me on the phone.

2. Or tell your brother Cliff, whose fist can tell my lips, he never really liked me anyway.

1. You can tell my arms : Go back into the farm! You can tell my feet to hit the floor.

2. Or tell your Aunt Louise, tell anything you please, myself already knows I'm not O.K.

1. You can tell my lips to tell my fingertips, they won't be reaching out for you no more.

2. Or you can tell my eyes to watch out for my mind, it might be walkin' out on me one day.

But don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think he'll understand.

But if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, he might blow up and kill this man.