Driving back from God knows when
How'd you stay so long in Bloomington ?
Trying to see what it is about him

Then you find you're on your own
Trying to find a place to hang your coat
Can't you see that all your 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
Tell me when you'll finally see that I am

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 ?