| Well, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| Yeah, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Hill |
| I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| 'Cause I’ve lost my will to live. |
| It was six o’clock yesterday mornin' |
| When my sweet baby packed up to leave |
| It was six o’clock yesterday mornin' |
| And I ain’t done nothin' but grieve. |
| Well, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| Yeah, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Hill |
| I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| 'Cause I’ve lost my will to live. |
| --- Instrumental --- |
| Well, I cried and I begged and I pleaded |
| For my sweet baby not to go Like the leaf that’s caught in a whirl wind |
| Where she’s gone now I’ll never know. |
| Well, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| Yeah, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Hill |
| I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| 'Cause I’ve lost my will to live. |
| --- Instrumental --- |
| Now why does a man let a woman |
| Turn him into a hollow shelf |
| And walk up and leave him behind her |
| Like a ship at sea with no sail. |
| Well, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| Yeah, I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Hill |
| I’m goin' up on Heartbreak Mountain |
| 'Cause I’ve lost my will to live… |