You have confided in me you plan
Believe it or not, I do understand
And I know you’re not asking me my advice
But I find I must tell you, you’re playing with dice

Don’t live my yesterday,
Don’t fall the way I fell
Don’t be deceived by make believe’s
Intriguing spell
Don’t be, don’t be
The fool I was

Don’t live my yesterday
Don’t learn the way I learned
That trial love’s a style of love
That soon is spurned
I know, I know
Such a fool I was

Is it because I failed to heed
The words my own mother said
That you feel the need now to proceed
Down this path I so painfully tread?

Are they so blind the eyes of youth
Or do they choose not to see
The indelible signs of Time and Truth
The same signs I failed to see?

Don’t live my yesterday
Love’s not a game you play
When love’s pretend, then love will end
With debts to pay
I know, I know,
Such a fool I was

Don’t loose tomorrow’s light
Don’t choose the road I chose
‘Cause such a course brings much remorse
Ask one who knows
Don’t be, don’t be
The fool I was