FOOLISH GAMES

 

you took your coat off and stood in the rain

you were always crazy like that

I watched from my window

always felt I was outside, looking in on you

you were always the mysterious one

with dark eyes and careless hair

you were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care

you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say

besides some comment on the weather

well, in case you failed to notice, in case you failed to see

this is my heart, bleeding before you

this is me down on my knees

 

CHORUS and these foolish games are tearing me apart

and your thoughtless words are breaking my heart

you're breaking my heart

 

you were always brilliant in the morning

smoking you cigarettes

and talking over coffee

your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you

you loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones

as I clumsily strummed my guitar

you teach me of honest things

things that were daring, things that were clean

things that knew what an honest dollar did mean

I hid my soiled hands, behind my back

somewhere along the line I must have gone off track with you

excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else

somebody who gace a damn

somebody more like myself

 

CHORUS

 

you took your coat off and stood in the rain

you were always crazy like that

 

Jewel Kilcher

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