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Heartbreak Express

Released by Dolly Parton in 1981
From the Album: Heartbreak Express |

This version of Heartbreak Express was released by Dolly Parton in 1981.

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Packin’ my suitcase writin’ a tear stained good-bye 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 things 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
I’m gonna go so far I’m gonna get it off my mind
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

Oh I couldn’t hold a candle to a 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 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
I’m gonna go so far I’m gonna get it off mt mind
Maybe someday somewhere someway I will forget
But there’s no goin’ back so roll down the track you ole Heartbreak Express
Feelin’ alone while a low whistle moans
On the Heartbreak Express


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Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides Heartbreak Express. Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

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