Lyrics
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
Heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back but never meant to stay
I've got heartaches by the numbers, troubles by the score
Every day you love me less, each day I love you more
I've got heartaches by the numbers, a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end
Heartache number three was when you called me
You said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on my door
I waited but you must have lost your way
I've got heartaches by the numbers, troubles by the score
Every day you love me less, each day I love you more
I've got heartaches by the numbers, 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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Credits
Performances
This song is unreleased by Elvis Costello, but he performed it in concert with Rosanne Cash in New York 2007-04-13.
Recordings
- Guy Mitchell, single, 1959
- Ray Price, single and on Heartaches By The Number, 1959
- George Jones, on Country And Western Hits, 1961
- Buck Owens, on Sings Harlan Howard, 1961
- Kitty Wells, on Heartbreak U.S.A., 1961
- Johnny Tillotson, single and on That's My Style, 1965
- Willie Nelson, on County Favorites, Willie Nelson Style, 1966
- Bobby Goldsboro & Del Reeves, on Our Way Of Life, 1967
- Waylon Jennings, on Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan, 1967
- Jerry Lee Lewis, on Country Music Hall Of Fame Hits Vol. 1, 1969
- Mel Tillis, on Old Faithful, 1969
- Conway Twitty, on I Love You More Today, 1969
- Ernest Tubb, on Say Something Nice To Sarah, 1972
- Leon Russell, on Hank Wilson Vol. II, 1984
- Dwight Yoakam, on Guitars Cadillacs Etc. Etc., 1986
- Martina McBride, on Timeless, 2005
Bootlegs
This section may be incomplete.
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