Fool Out of Me
Hey--Just when you think you are the shitWell, you look down and your fly is unzippedThat's when you take a moment to say,"Well, sometimes I'm so, so totally unhip."Just when the great ones inspire youTo throw caution to the windThat's when the mirror mirror on the wall says,"Babe, you better throw your towel in."
All that I don't knowParalyzes meBut somehow I keep going onJust settling for this mediocrityAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of meAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of meAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of me
There are legends who dieAnd I've never even heard their songsAnd there are heroes of a generationWhose poetry is not on my shelfAnd my soliloquies would make ShakespeareTurn over in his graveAnd voyagers would forbid meTo join in their crusade
All that I don't knowParalyzes meBut somehow I keep going onJust settling for this mediocrityAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of meAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of meAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of me
I wish I could fight against Ali and winI wish I could write with Joni Mitchell's penSail the Atlantic on a paddle boatI wish I could smile like Bobby de NiroI wish that the lotto was the number of my telephoneI wish I could sing a duet with BonoCause I don't want to sound likeAnyone else, you knowI just wanna take you under my spellExcuse me for sayingWhat I know down deep is my sinBut maybe I'll fool everybody into thinkingI know just what I am doing
All that I don't knowParalyzes meBut somehow I keep going onJust settling for this mediocrityAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of meAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of meAnd I wonder if God is trying to make a fool out of me