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