I'm off to work with no kiss of goodbye I wear a smile on my face but I lie Cup of coffee at the corner cafe Catch the bus reading news on my way Go through motions to whole morning cool Start a day in the life of a fool Sometimes I dial out number in hopes you'll return But there's never any answer, I guess I'll never learn Hurry home after my work is through Check the mailbox, no letter from you Then I rush up the stairs to my memories of you That's a day in the life of a fool Yes, I rush up the stairs to my memories of you That's a day in the life of this fool