by Harlan Howard
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| Intro (Last line of verse) | . |
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| Heartache number one was when you | left me |
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| I | never knew that I could hurt this | way |
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| And heartache number two was when you | came back again |
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| You came back and never meant to | stay |
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| Heartache number three was when you | called me |
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| And | said that you were coming back to | stay |
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| With hopeful heart I waited for your | knock on the door |
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| I waited but you must have lost your | way |
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| But the | day that I stop counting |
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| that's the day my world will | end |