My wife used to say she couldn`t understand
Why I make my living working with my hands
She met a junk bond daddy
and he broke up my home
He made his living on the telephone
Daddy spied my darling
and he dialed her number then
They took off next morning
and she won `t he back again
Now I may not be good looking
and I never been to school
But I patched up my broken
home using simple tools
Simple tools simple tools I like simple tools
I` m just a common ordinary workaday fooi
I might not be the brightest bulb
or the straightest mIe
But I can mend my broken
heart using simple tools
I can talk to girls in bars mayhe a few
We`B drink a Iittle glass of wine or maybe two
I might wake up in gay
Paree or good old San Berdoo
The gals appreciate a man
that uses simple tool
I won`t be walking `round
all night wondel`in` what to do
I won`t be calling up the morgue askin` for you
Or beating down these memories
with one of your old shoes
I can do the job in half the time`
cause I use simple tools
Simple tools simple tools
I like simple tools
I`m just a common ordinary workaday fooI
I might not be the brightest
bulb or the straightest rule
But I can do the job in half the time
and it stays done when I use slmple tools