Driving back from God knows where
How'd you stay so long in Bloomington ?
Trying to figure out just what it is about him

Now you've found you're on your own
Trying to find a place to hang your coat
Can't you see that all the birds have flown away ?

Yesterday's fool
Comes running back to you
Yesterday's fool, trying to play it cool, dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
But who is fooling who ?

Patterns never seem to change
Same old heartache by a different name
You start out happy but when it all falls down again

You can come and cry to me
That's not the way that it's supposed to be
I keep wondering when you're going to see I'm

Yesterday's fool
Running back to you
Yesterday's fool, trying to play it cool, dropping out of school, breaking all the rules
But who is fooling who ?

Now yesterday's fool
Comes running back to you
Yesterday's fool,
Trying to play it cool, dropping out of school, still breaking all the rules
But who is fooling ?
Who is fooling ?
Who's fooling who ?