Yesterday’s Fool

[Verse 1]
The night was as dark as the eyes of a widow
Behind the cover of a funeral veil
As cold as the four walls, and the floor and the steel bars
Of a November night prison cell

[Verse 2]
So I turned away from a front door slammed closed
And locked tight as the one to her soul
And wondered how the bright flame of love in her heart
Could be snuffed out as black as a coal

[Chorus]
I said don't say good-bye, please, just tell me you'll see me tomorrow
Tomorrow's a far cry from forever, but I guess it'll do
I'm a long way from over the love that you've shown me in mercy
And if you walk out tonight then tomorrow I'm yesterday's fool

[Verse 3]
We danced for hours and I bought you flowers
From a man that had no place to live
With a rose in your hair, missin' worries and cares
We retired to a warm hotel bed

[Verse 4]
And I keep a dry petal and a Gideon Bible
To remind me of love in true form
'Cause on nights like tonight, when the cold starts to bite
These memories ought to be warm

[Chorus]
Don't say good-bye, please, just tell me you'll see me tomorrow
Tomorrow's a far cry from forever, but I guess it'll do
I'm a long way from over the love that you've shown me in mercy
And if you walk out tonight then tomorrow I'm yesterday's fool

[Verse 5]
My thoughts may be hazy, or maybe I'm crazy
For holdin' to love you let go
It's like tryin' to hold fire that once was desire
In the cold rain and hard drivin' snow

[Verse 6]
But it seems it's the same since the dawnin' of days
It's the eternal price that we pay
So, you can blame it on Adam, or blame it on me
I guess man's just a fool either way

[Chorus]
So, don't say good-bye, please, just tell me you'll see me tomorrow
Tomorrow's a far cry from forever, but I guess it'll do
I'm a long way from over the love that you've shown me in mercy
And if you walk out tonight then tomorrow I'm yesterday's fool

[Outro]
If you walk out tonight then tomorrow I'm yesterday's fool