Heartaches By The NumberGuy MitchellWritten by Harlan HowardPeaked at # 1 in 1959Remake by Johnny Tillotson hit # 35 in 1965INTRO: CHORUS Heartaches by the number, troubles by the score Everyday 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 endHeartache number one was when you left meI never knew that I could hurt this wayAnd heartache number two was when you *come* back againYou came back but never meant to stayYes, I've got CHORUS'Heartache number three was when you called meAnd said that you were comin' back to stayWith hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the doorI waited but you must have lost your wayYes, I've got CHORUSTRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: *come*: logic and English grammar dictate that this should be "came", as in the next line, but Mitchell clearly DOES sing "come."
