Mister Heartache

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Hail falls down on Main Street like a string of broken pearls
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Against the windows with their dresses and their shoes;
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There's music from the doorways, but her feet stay on the ground
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As she walks down to the post office for last weeks mail & news.

She steps up to the counter and she pays the postage due
Though she knows just what his letter's gonna say,
Like this one and the last one and the one he sent last June:
"There is no work in Frisco, so I can't send home no pay."

Chorus:
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So roll out that trundle bed into the living room;
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Hang up the guest towel, break out that mop and broom.
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Leave a light on in the window, turn the bedclothes down;
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Mister Heartache's gonna stick around.

Too many nights she spent alone while he's out on the road,
And the youngest children have no shoes at all;
But she takes in shirts for mending, and she makes a memory do,
And they'll dim the light and hide 
          next time the landlord comes to call.

CHORUS

It's a cold day of rejoicing when he shows up at her door
With some money and a brand new silver ring;
It's two brief nights of passion and another mouth to feed,
Then he leaves the screen door slamming 
                    and his dishes in the sink.

CHORUS

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Yes, Mister Heartache has no reason to leave town.