Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love   For he thinks he is the one that she dreams of   But her bed was made elsewhere from the first day she got there   Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out   Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out      It could have been me   I said, "It could have been me"   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on      Thirteen valleys she has gone since morning came   Well she gave so much that only love remains   But her lover is long gone with the money she sent on   Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out   Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out      It could have been me   I said, "It could have been me"   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on      That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime   That broken heart will try your love like none before   And you may fight or you may run for what was fast is now undone   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on      Thirteen valleys lying silent in the haze   Filled with promises and spirits that we raised   But the spirits all are ghosts of the ones we hurt the most   And they wander thirteen valleys crying out   And they wander thirteen valleys crying out      It could have been me   I said, "It could have been me"   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on      It could have been me   I said, "It could have been me"   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on      That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime   That broken heart will try your love like none before   And you may fight or you may run for what was fast is now undone   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on   A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on