COUNTRY JOE MC DONALD
Heartaches by the Number
(Harlan Howard) 
copyright © by Sony/ATV Songs Tree, BMI


Heartache number one was when you left me,
I never knew that I could feel this way.
And heartache number two was when you came back again —
You came back but never meant to stay.

Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score,
Every day 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 countin', that's the day my world will end.

Heartache number three was when you called me,
You said that you were coming home to stay.
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door,
I waited but you must have lost your way.

Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score,
Every day 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 countin', that's the day my world will end.