From The Giant Harmonica Fakebook
Fool Hearted Memory
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Nickels and dimes, mem'ries and wines
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she's on his mind once again.
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The same old stool, the same old fool;
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played by the rules, but didn't win.
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There's an old love in his heart that he can't lose.
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He tried forgettin', but he knows that it's no use.
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He's got a fool hearted memory.
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It won't let him see that she walked out the door.
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He's got a fool hearted memory,
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And he sits patiently here every night
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so it can fool him more.
Verse 2.
She was his girl, his only whirl,
that string of pearls that slipped away.
A thousand dimes, a thousand times
he doesn't mind what they say.
He fills the jukebox, and plays the same old song.
He fills his glass, and then he turns her memory on.
Chorus:
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