EoG(UMP): Trail of Broken Hearts

Hey everyone... this is probably one of the most personal and transparent notes I've ever written, and involves a certain area of my past that... well, that I'm not very proud of and would rather forget. Now some of you are asking why I'm writing it if it's something I'm embarrassed about and would rather not remember. My reason is simple: because I hope it will make a difference.

Guys, we need to show discretion in how we act around young ladies. Don't do anything to confuse them (yes, we confuse them, too), don't rush into relationships, and don't do things that could give them false hopes. It reflects badly on you, but even worse, it hurts them. I've failed in this area. I'm also really dense, so I've failed several times in this area. But my hope is that by writing this note it will help some guys to think before they act. Or that it will at least alert young ladies to the fact that seemingly nice guys might unwittingly be leading them on.

I believe I've shown growth in this area (still not perfect), but I still carry regrets about having hurt some young ladies very deeply that took them a while to recover from. If this note can save even one guy from having to needlessly carry those same regrets, then it will be worth every bit of the discomfort of me opening up this part of my life.

Trail of Broken Hearts

Yeah, I've known a lot of girls

I've even liked a few.

But I've not yet really had

A love you could call "true".

The problem when I like a girl

Is that I easily confuse,

I start to think it's all about me,

Then we both always lose.

I would get careless, lead her on

In ways I didn't realize

Could ever give her that impression

Or put false hope in her eyes.

And once you're stuck, there's no way out:

There's got to be some pain.

So sadly, I've broken a few hearts

Though that was not my aim.

And each time I did it again

Guilt pierced me like a dart

I needed to learn to use my brain

'Cause each time I didn't think also broke my heart.

There's a trail of broken hearts behind me

I didn't realized I had crossed the line.

There's a trail of broken hearts behind me

If you look back, you'll see that some of them are mine.

I think I've learned at least a bit

About how to treat a girl,

How not to give her wrong ideas

And turn both our lives into a whirl.

I'll keep on learning, keep on growing

'Cause I know that I'm not perfect

But hopefully I've grown some common sense

To help me get this thing licked.

So now I say to other guys

"We've all got to learn the art

Of thinking ahead and doing what's best for them

So we don't all have a trail of broken hearts."