I Was A Fool To Care
(James Taylor) 1975
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I was a fool to care,
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I was a fool to care
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I was a fool to care
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but I don't care even if I was a fool
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I'm still in love with you
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Had I listened to the grapevine,
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I might have had my doubts
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But I did my level best just to block them out
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"Cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes
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And it took a while for a fool to see
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what his friends were on about
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I was a fool to care
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I was a fool to care
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I was a fool to care
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but I don't care even if I was a fool
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I'm still in love with you
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Imagining your face,
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it almost fills the empty space before me
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I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies
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I wish I was an old man
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and love was through with me
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I wish I was a baby on my mama's knee
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I wish I was a freight train moving down the line
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Just keeping track of time
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without all these memories
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I was a fool to care
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I was a fool to care
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I was a fool to care
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but I don't care even if I was a fool
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I'm still in love with you
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Baby, yes, I am
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I could have opened my eyes,
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I could have seen through your lies
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I could have stood for no more,
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I could have walked out the door
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But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care
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But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care
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You weren't nothing but a fool to care; just a country fool to care.
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