HEARTBREAK EXPRESS
(Dolly Parton)


Dolly Parton - 1982





Packin' my suitcase, writin' a tear stained goodbye note
Sayin' so long to a love gone wrong and that's all she wrote
Leavin' behind what once was mine with sad regrets
But it's all gone now and I'm leavin' town on the Heartbreak Express

Walkin' in the rain with a heart full of pain to the train depot
The only thing that's gonna keep me warm now is my overcoat
Lost and lonely waitin' in line at the ticket desk
Hey mister, won't you give me a one-way ticket on the Heartbreak Express

I'm gonna roll on down the line (On down the line)
I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind (Leave it all behind)
It hurts to know it ain't enough when you give your best
Got a ticket to ride and I'm leavin tonight on the Heartbreak Express

(Saxophone Solo)

Oh, I couldn't hold a candle to the flaming beauty that caught his eye
It's killin' me now, but I won't stay around and let him watch me die
Oh, it just goes to show that you never do know, 'cause I never would'a guessed
I'd be sittin' here now on a train sorrow bound called the Heartbreak Express

I'm gonna roll on down the line (On down the line)
I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind (Leave it all behind)
Maybe someday, somewhere, someway, I will forget
But there's no goin' back, so roll on down the track you old Heartbreak Express
Feelin' alone while a low whistle moans on the Heartbreak Express

Roll on, roll on down the line (Down the line)
Gonna get him off my my mind
Roll on, roll on, roll on down the line
Got a ticket to ride, so I'm leavin tonight on the Heartbreak Express 
(Heartbreak Express)

Roll on, roll on, roll on .............. FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2014)