“About A Fool Like Me” (05/31/79)

Well, I worked all day today

I earned a twenty dollar bill;

But I threw it all away

looking for a thrill.

Yeah, I dropped a quarter in the jukebox

a quarter in the pinball machine;

I bought myself a beer and popped the top

then wrote a song I couldn’t even sing.

I wrote about a loser

about a fool like me;

About an everyday boozer

and a love that couldn’t be.

Well, I work everyday

I earn twenty smack-a-roos;

But I throw it all away

trying to drink away the blues.

Yeah, I drop a quarter in the jukebox

a quarter in the pinball machine;

Then I buy myself a beer and pop the top

and write a song I can’t even sing.

I write about a loser

about a fool like me;

I never meant to lose her

but she wasn’t a fool like me.