Me, The Fool

Duration

3:50

Genres

Pop

Lyrics

When I found out how you took me for the fool I chose to play into the way that you think I put my hair up, I wore my make-up And I sang a song with a smile and a wink You always took me out on those fancy dates Drinking a hundred dollars down every time I didn't know then that all of your dough then Was funded by your double-dealing white collar crime My life of luxury was worth the cost of all the friends I lost They couldn't take the way I'd changed All their stares and glares couldn't phase me because they failed to see The careful plan that I'd arranged Chorus Though I suffered every time I took the looks As you and your association cooked the books Not that I ever thought that our love would fail Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail You'd send me out to buy myself pretty things Tell me to get something real sexy to wear You only wanted me to parade me and flaunt me So you and your boys could sit around and just stare Then when the years went by you started to fade How could I measure to your nickels and dimes? To all of your boys and all of your toys And to the younger girls with whom you spent all your time? So go ahead and talk your fancy talk to all your business flock The ones who studied hard in school I'll just sit here, yeah, they don't notice me 'cause I don't know a thing I'll play the part as me, the fool Chorus Though I suffered every time I took the looks As you and your association cooked the books Not that I ever thought that our love would fail Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail Now you say you wanna leave, well, baby that's alright with me I'll send you off with open arms: the cash, the kids, the cars, the keys, please That sad desperation in your eyes ain't gonna make me change my mind Let me spell it out for you one last time You pay or I talk, I stay and you walk. You got caught the life you bought is gone Don't you dare tell me I've got some nerve, this is the very least you deserve Chorus 'Cause I suffered every time I took the looks As you and your association cooked the books Not that I ever thought that our love would fail Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail 'Cause you broke my heart when you played me time and time It's fair that your lifetime savings are finally mine And it's all because you assumed I was too dense to see the truth But that's what you'll get any time you're gonna mess with me, the fool