I've got a hundred proof heartache and a case of the blues My baby's gone and left me I've lost all I can lose I've got a hundred proof heartache my world keeps turnin' round This hundred proof heartache's got me down You waded through my tears and said goobye You didn't seem to care how much I'd cry You made your home the tavern down the street And this old heart cries out with every beat I've got a hundred proof heartache and a case of the blues You're holdin' someone else tonight I just got the news You left a hundred proof heartache for a love that's second hand This hundred proof heartache I can't stand [ piano - steel ] I've got a hundred proof heartache my world keeps turnin' round This hundred proof heartache's got me down