Miss deconstruction, she's got A list of problems without A way to solve them, no She just can't work them out Miss deconstruction Got her past tense and paper And her worn down eraser No, she just can't work it out Heartbreak is hard to take, oh When you can't own your mistakes, oh God is good, but for goodness sake Love's a short way to go But you know how to get there Miss deconstruction's got a chip On her shoulder, I guess Nobody told her there's a way to work it out Miss Deconstruction's got a pet contradiction But she just keeps on missing There's a way to work it out Heartbreak is hard to take, oh When you can't own your mistakes, oh God is good, but for goodness sake Love's a short way to go But you know how to get there Forgive me if I'm wrong And I gon on and on about it Forgive me if I'm wrong I feel so strong about it I might put too much hope in That hearts get unbroken Even if they seem too far gone But I could be wrong Heartbreak is hard to take, oh When you can't own your mistakes, oh God is good, but for goodness’s sake Love's a long way to go But a short way to get there