Lyrics: Jim Robinson
Music: Ian Petrie & Jim Robinson
 

1.
Lah ti dah dum, lah ti dah, lah ti die...
Now, it seems most of my life, I've been livin' life like a fool -
Yet no one's shown me that that's against the rules;
'Cause a fool is happy, most all of the time -
Just getting drunk, getting by on drinking lots of wine.

2.
Now, it seems I knew a lady who had promised quite a lot -
When the time came to deliver, God knows she had forgot;
But this fool was happy, not livin' life by her rules -
He was staying drunk, getting by on drinking lots of wine.

3.
Lah ti dah dum, lah ti dah, lah ti die...
Lah ti dah dum, lah ti dah -
Well, this fool was happy, not livin' life by the rules -
He was staying drunk,getting by on drinking lots of wine.

4.
So let me live my life by the way that I got planned -
If I miss it the first time, I'll catch it on the run;
'Cause this fool is happy, I'm not livin' life by the rules -
Just staying drunk, I'll get by on drinking lots of wine.
 
 

Copyright: 1973 Ian Petrie & Jim Robinson/McMusic Ltd.
Published: 1973 McMusic Ltd.  CAPAC
Renewed: 1994 Mousehole Music  SOCAN