I have my trick to survive each day
Sometimes I get on my knees and pray
I begged more than one if she would stay
Seems I'm haunted by yesterday,

Can't believe life turned out this way
Only fools can't see that they will pay
It's the ones you love who go astray
Be careful of those that you betray,

Funny how something just got in my eye
I never was one who gave in to cry
But occasionally I'll let out a sigh
Wanted her freedom or she would die,

There's an old saying if they come back
Seems I never really had the knack
That's why I'm alone now in the sack
Defending my heart from another attack,

When I was young I played around
Now look at the fool who wears the frown
Chasing an angel in a lily white gown
Never seemed she was in town,

Chasing a dream of love and bliss
Such perfection never seems to exist
Spend your life groping through the mist
All you wanted was a loving kiss,

This fool here is second to none
Used to get my loving on the run
But life caught up and now I'm done
Somehow I lost one of my sons.