Intro : You can tell the world, you never was my girl you can burn my clothes up when Im gone you can tell your friends just what a fool Ive been and laugh and joke about me on the phone you can tell my arms go back to the farm you can tell may feet to hit the floor or you can tell my lips to tell my fingertips they wont be reaching out for you no more but dont tell my heart my achy breaky heart I just dont think hed understand and if you tell my heart my achy breaky heart he might blow up and kill this man You can tell your ma, I moved to Arkansas you can tell your dog to bite my leg or tell your brother Cliff whose fist can tell my lip he never really liked my anyway Or tell your aunt Louise, tell anything you please myself already knows Im not OK or you can tell my eyes to watch out for my mind it might be walking out on me today Refrain (2x)