Nobody's FOOL
© 2001 Jesse Slokum
You know, I used to be a real estate broker
That's right, I used to be a real estate broker
But I didn't do it for the money,
No, I didn't do it for the money,
I just loved to sell that land
I didn't care about my soul
I thought I thought like one who's tough thinks
Me, and my white collar - fine's any you can buy!
You know, I used to be real good at poker
That's right, I used to be real good at poker
But I didn't do it for the money,
No,I didn't do it for the money,
I just loved to play my land
Yes, I was on such a high roll
I had big, diamond-studded cuff-links
And a golden dollar sign stuck in my silk tie!
Don't it seem like ev'rybody's tryin' to be somebody else
Ev'rybody's tryin' to be somebody else
But, nobody knows you, like you know yourself
Nobody knows you, like you know yourself
You know, I used to be a great big dinosaur
That's right, I used to be a great big dinosaur
But I didn't do it to be dull-witted,
No, I didn't do it to be dull-witted,
I didn't see the sign that warns...
Like ships stuck in the Sargasso Sea,
I didn"t look ahead to the day
When nothing but my bones'd be left in some museum
You know, I used to be a real live minotaur
That's right, I used to be a real live minotaur
But, please don't think you're being bull-shitted,
No, please don't think you're being bull-shitted,
I just love to wear them horns
No, I never though that Picasso
Would ever draw me at work and at play
With models in colorful tones, just wait until you see 'em!
But, now I am Nobody's FOOL!
That's something anyone can see!
Nobody wrote the Golden Rule!
That's why Nobody FOOLS with me!
You know, I used to be quite a big pot toker
That's right, I used to be quite a big pot toker
But I didn't do it to find me a honey
No, I didn't do it to find me a honey
I just love to waft smoke rings!
I didn't yet have a reason
For me to be singing my own song
Never thought I'd have it made, I don't mind bringing up the rear!
You know, I used to be quite a crazy joker
That's right, I used to be quite a crazy joker!
But I didn't do it to be so funny
No, I didn't do it to be so funny!
I just loved the smile a joke brings!
I didn't mind all the teasing
And I ain't afraid of the big gong...
I just never did get dismayed, by all the faces full of fear.
Don't it seem like ev'rybody's tryin' to be somebody else
Ev'rybody's tryin' to be somebody else
But, nobody knows you, like you know yourself
Nobody knows you, like you know yourself
You know, I used to be a young college student
That's right, I used to be a young college student
But I didn't do it for the Degree
No, I didn't do it for the Degree
I just had to get away from home!
I never thought that I would climb
All the way up the ivory tower.
Who really wants a sheepskin, don't the lion lay with the lamb?
You know, I used to be afraid of what truth meant.
That's right, I used to be afraid of what truth meant.
No, I didn't know the truth would set you FREE!
Oh, I didn't know the truth would set you FREE!
I just had to set out to roam
I never thought that there was time
For me to stop and smell a wild flower
Or find a stream to leap in or hear the thunder scream, "I
AM!"
But, now I am Nobody's FOOL!
That's something anyone can see!
Nobody wrote the Golden Rule!
That's why Nobody FOOLS with me!
Nobody wrote the Golden Rule...
That's why Nobody FOOLS with me...
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