Sometimes, when you're deeply involved in something, you just can't see how stupid you've been. But everyone else can! An ode to wise friends I've ignored. Thanks Will B for some great backing guitar licks!
EVERYBODY'S FOOL
Shivers tiptoe on my thin skin
Reality is sinking in
Naked truths that I can’t deny
I’m seeing now through my blind eye
Can’t ignore when wounds are real
Telling me it’s time to heal
Sent me down when I lost my sex appeal
CHORUS
Get me out of here
Imprisoned by stupidity
A change of atmosphere
Choking on your stale humility
So kind and cruel
Now they say I’m everybody’s fool
I deserve all ego the blows
The tutting and the told you so’s
It’s so much easier looking in
To find the fault and drop a pin
Searching for the antidote
The perfect pitch for my last note
Edit down to just one anecdote
CHORUS
For goodness sake
It’s my mistake
It’s not the last one I’ll ever make
So cut me slack
Get off my back
Went off the rails but I’m getting back on track
CHORUS
© ANDY BARKER JANUARY 2022
