Heartaches by the Number

(Harlan Howard)



Heartache number one was when you left me

I never knew that I could hurt this way

And heartache number two was when you come back again

You came back and never meant to stay.



Chorus:

Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score

Ev'ryday you love me less, each day I love you more

Yes, I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win

But the day that I stop counting, that's the day my world will end.



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Heartache number three was when you called me

And said that you were coming back to stay

With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door

I waited but you must have lost your way.



Chorus:

Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score

Ev'ryday you love me less, each day I love you more

Yes I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win

But the day that I stop counting, that's the day my world will end...