I beg your pardon mister for intruding privacy I was sitting on the barstool I couldn't help but see By the way you've been drinking it must be an awful mood you're in You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim You wonder what came over you why did she treat you so You sit and drink in sorrow wishing all the hurt would go Guess you've ask yourself a hundred times what did she see in him You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim Perhaps you're wondering how a stranger like me could understand But I've got a feeling we're in the same boat my friend Just like you I lost my darling she just walked away with him You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim