Yesterday she thanked me

For oilin' that front door

This morning when she wakes

She won't be thankful anymore

She'll never know how much I cared

Just that I couldn't stay

And I'll never know the reason

Why I always run away

Burning bridges one by one

What I'm doin' can't be undone

And I'm always hoping someday

I'm gonna stop this runnin' around

But every time the chance comes up

Another bridge goes down

Last night we talked of old times

Families and home towns

Whe wondered if we'd both agree

On where we'd settle down

And I told her that we'd cross that bridge

Whenever it arrived

Now through the flames I see her

Standin' on the other side

Burning bridges one by one

What I'm doin' can't be undone

And I'm always hoping someday

I'm gonna stop this runnin' around

But every time the chance comes up

Another bridge goes down

Like ashes on the water

I drift away in sorrow

Knowing that the day

My lesson's finally learned

I'll be standing at a river

Staring out across tomorrow

And the bridge I need to get there

Will be a bridge that I have burned

Burning bridges one by one

What I'm doin' can't be undone

And I'm always hoping someday

I'm gonna stop this runnin' around

But every time the chance comes up

Another bridge goes down

Another bridge goes down