Will you tell me how these things happen?
Have I trusted in love too much?
When did the magic vanish?
Have I somehow lost my touch?
How gay the world could be
Could I love you, could he love me

Love shouldn't be serious—should it?
You meet, you kiss, you start
I fancied that I understood it
I forgot my foolish heart
Love can't be illogical—can it?
You kiss, perhaps you smile, you part
It happens the way that you plan it
If you hush your foolish heart

Poor foolish heart,
Crying for one who ignores you
Poor foolish heart,
Flying from one who adores you

Ah, love used to touch me so lightly
Why will my heart betray me so?
I would dance with a new lover nightly—
But my foolish heart says no

Poor foolish heart, foolish heart
Poor foolish heart, foolish heart
Poor foolish heart
Crying for one who ignores you
Poor foolish heart,
Flying from one who adores you

Ah, love used to touch me so lightly
Why will my heart betray me so?
I would dance with a new lover nightly—
But my foolish heart says No
But my foolish heart says No
Oh, foolish heart
Yes, foolish heart