Lyrics

I Play The Fool

Sitting at the table,
thinking about my brother's mule
sitting here wondering why I'm such a fool
but I wouldn't get off of my stool
dressed up in diamonds and drool
to hide in a paper bag was the general rule
I PLAYED THE FOOL

praying to my lawyer-
god knows he best come through
cuz if those bastards hurt my momma-
I can't say what I will do
but the banker blew off in the wind
and his henchmen broke both of my shins
yes I took great pleasure in my sins
but as a general rule
I PLAY THE FOOL

staring at my fingers
trying to trace my life lines
someone tryin to send a message,
but God's a drunk and the postman is blind
i woke up with a witch-doctor in bed,
he chortled and chopped at my head
i'm just glad that i wasn't entirely dead
when he said what he said
SAID I WAS RED

when I think back on my life of crime,
the cigarettes seemed so stale
so I went and asked Madonna,
where it was she thought that I had failed
but they'd turned back the clocks another hour
and even my failures had gone sour
like a hippy fighting evil with a flower
as a general rule
I PLAY THE FOOL