ORDINARY FOOL

(Paul Williams (m & l) 1975)

Released by the Carpenters October 1983 < Voice Of The Heart > .
(originally recorded in 1976). 

Only a fool
Like fools before me
I always think with my heart.
Only a fool
That same old story
Seems I was born for the part.

It's a lesson to be learned
And a page I should have turned.
I shouldn't cry but I do.
Like an ordinary fool,
When his ordinary dreams fall through.

How many times
Have I mistaken
Good looks and laughs for bad news?
And how many times
Have I mistaken
Good looks and laughs for the blues?

When a road I walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through.

(tenor sax bridge)

When a road I walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry but I do.
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through.

NOTES:

Written for the 1976 film Bugsy Malone
Director: Alan Parker
Leads: Jodie Foster / Florrie Dugger / Scott Baio

The Carpenters were a talented brother/sister singer/songwriting 
duo hailing from Los Angeles CA USA. As of 2013, 
they had sold more than 100 million units (source BBC).

Sadly, the duo's career ended prematurely with the death 
of Karen Carpenter in 1983. She was 32 years old. 
The Grammy Hall Of Fame recognized the Carpenters as 
providing music of 'lasting qualitative or history significance' 
(older than 25 years) by honouring them with their prestigious award.

The album on which this song/lyric appears < Voice Of The Heart >,
 was released after Karen's death, compiled by her brother Richard 
 and contained previously unreleased tracks.

< Ordinary Fool > was also released as the 'B' side of a single 
45 rpm vinyl disc. The 'A' side was < Now > .

(Transcribed by David Story - February 2014)