Pity the Fool

We could have danced
To the rhythm of the midnight breeze
Under the clearest skies
That you ever did see
I would have kissed
Away all your pain
I would have made it sweet
Like candy rain

You would have been my love
But you said "so what"
You made up your mind
To color in the lines
And settle for less
Less than the best
You really thought you knew
And I pity the fool

She had you rushin'
At her every beck and call
You tried to hush it
But you just couldn't rush over fast enough
It was then that the wheels started turning
Around in my head
It was a bust I couldn't trust to be your only
The one and only one you had

You would have been my love
But you said "so what"
You made up your mind
To color in the lines
And settle for less
Less than the best
You really thought you knew
And I pity the fool

Since I left, last I heard
She was packin' her bags for a new town
All that runnin' around
Went and told on you now
Since you thought that I'd care
You tried to blend back into my life
How's the taste of my door in your face?
I laugh that you'd even try

You had the chance
To be my man
Then you blew it, nothing to it, get a clue
'Cause you seemed so much smarter back then
Should have thought about your lonely heart
Before you went and tainted your name because
I would have made it sweet
Like candy rain

You could have been my love
But you said "so what"
You made up your mind
To color in the lines
And settle for less
Less than the best
You really thought you knew
And I pity the fool

Oh, I pity you, you fool

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