Cover art for Ordinary Fool by Paul Williams

Ordinary Fool

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Nov. 19751 viewer5.8K views

Ordinary Fool Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
It's a lesson that I've learnt
And a page I should have turned
I shouldn't cry, but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When her ordinary dreams fall through

[Verse 2]
How many times have I mistaken
Good looks and laughs for bad news?
How many times have I mistaken
Love songs and laughs for the blues?

[Chorus]
When a road I've walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry, but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When her ordinary dreams fall through
[Chorus]
It's a lesson that I've learnt
And a page I should have turned
I shouldn't cry, but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When her ordinary dreams fall through

[Chorus]
It's a lesson that I've learnt
And a page I should have turned
I shouldn't cry, but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When her ordinary dreams fall through

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November 1975
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