Nickels and dimes, mem'ries and wine
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 tried 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.
An' 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 dimes, 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.

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.
An' he sits patiently,
Here every night so it can fool him more.