Only a fool Like fools before me I always think with my heart Only a fool That same old story Seems I was born for the part It's a lesson to be learned And a page I should have turned I shouldn't cry but I do Like an ordinary fool When his ordinary dreams fall through How many times Have I mistaken Good looks and laughs for bad news? And how many times Have I mistaken Good looks and laughs for the blues? When a road I walked before Ends alone at my front door I shouldn't cry but I do Like an ordinary fool When his ordinary dreams fall through When a road I walked before Ends alone at my front door I shouldn't cry but I do Like an ordinary fool When his ordinary dreams fall through