Written by Dolly Parton
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Packing my suitcase writing a tearstained goodbye note
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Staying so long to a love gone wrong and that's all she wrote
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Leaving behind what once was mine with sad re-gr-ets
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But it's all gone now and I'm leaving town on my heartbreak express
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Walking in the rain with a heart full of pain to the train depot
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The only thing that's gonna keep me warm now is my overcoat
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Lost and lonely waiting in line at the ticket d-e-sk
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Hey Mr. would you give me a one-way ticket on my heartbreak express
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I'm gonna roll on down the line
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I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind
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It hurts to know it ain't enough when you give your b-e-st
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Get a ticket to ride and I'm leaving tonight on my heartbreak express
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Oh I couldn't hold a candle to the flaming beauty that caught his eye
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It's killing me now but I won't stay around and let him watch me die
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Oh it just goes to show that you never do know cause I never would've gue-ssed
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I'd be sitting here now on a train sorrow bound called the Heartbreak Express
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I'm gonna roll on down the line
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I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind
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Maybe someday somewhere someway I will for-get
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But there's no going back so roll on down my track you old heartbreak express
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Feeling alone while a low whistle moans on the heartbreak express
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