nickels and dimes memories

and why she's on his mind once again

the same old stool

the same old fool

played by the rules but didn't win

there's an old love in his heart that he can't lose

he'd try forgetting but he knows that it's no use

he's got a fool hearted memory

it won't let him see that she walked out the door

he's got a fool hearted memory

now he sits patiently here every night

so it can fool him more

she was his girl

his only world

that string of pearls that slipped away

a thousand times

a thousand times

he doesn't mind what they say

he fills the jukebox then plays the same old song

he fills his glass and then he turns her memory on

but it's a fool hearted memory

it won't let him see that she walked out the door

he's got a fool hearted memory

he sits patiently here every night

so it can fool him more