It happened at a birthday celebration
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You said by all accounts I made a scene
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I told off-color jokes,
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Offended several folks.
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I guess perhaps I might see what you mean.
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Now if you were to take me to a funeral,
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I'd be the only fool there in a party hat.
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I mean no disrespect,
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I just think "What the heck?
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I might just make a grieving widow laugh."
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Your girlfriends say it all the time,
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Bet your mama says it, too,
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You married a fool
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You married a fool
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You married a fool
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But I'm a fool for you.
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I met you where you work, down at the tavern.
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We sang karaoke songs until you closed.
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I guess I drank too much,
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And maybe I lost touch.
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I'm not sure why I took off all my clothes.
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It's nothing new, hell, you can ask my mother.
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I was a joker and a class clown back in school.
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And I take any gaffe
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Just to make some people laugh.
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And I don't care if I come off a fool.
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Your girlfriends say it all the time,
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Bet your mama says it, too,
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You married a fool
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You married a fool
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You married a fool
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But I'm a fool for you.
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At night we get in bed and we turn out the lights.
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There's not a hint of irony, there's not a joke in sight.
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But in this great, big world of ours
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You're the only one around who can see the real me
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Through the make-up of this sad and wounded clown.
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I like to think that I'm like Kenny Rogers
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When I stay out late at night and play my songs.
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But this song is no "Lady"
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In fact, they're all quite shady.
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I guess I only sing 'bout things gone wrong.
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A friend asked if you were my inspiration.
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You told her: "Have you heard this moron sing?
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Even has a song that says that
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I lost my head when he gave me the ring.
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What a godawful thing to sing!"
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Your girlfriends say it all the time,
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Bet your mama says it, too,
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But they can't see between the lines
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To the truth of me and you,
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I guess I might seem asinine,
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So hey it might be true that
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You married a fool
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You married a fool
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You married a fool
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But this fool ain't nothin' but a fool in love with you.
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You Married A Fool
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| Voltaire |
