Concrete Blonde — When I Was A Fool lyrics

Lyrics

I re-read silly lines
that made sense at the time
pages all stained with tears &red wine &I
walk through the airport &read magazines
every face that I see
so much younger than me
&I drink &I think
how I don’t even miss
my glorious past or the lips that I’ve kissed
&I smile to myself at how easy this is.
easy to breathe, easy to live
I remember when I would tear myself in two.
Over how to be, what to say &what to do did you really like me better then?
did you really like me better when
I was a fool?
So I live in these days
but I still have my old ways
my future, somehow, she has yet to arrive
&I see all around me the Women On Time.
Kids &divorces &crisis in midlife
so do I surrender &give up my dream
for a brick in the wall &a washing machine
grow up &get real
have a kid in their teens
who won’t care what I’ve done
where I’ve been, what I’ve seen
. &I wonder why I tear myself in two
over who to be, where to be &what to do
'cause I know you liked me better then.
I know you liked me better when
I was a fool.
I’m free to a fault.
Playing guitar.
Living my life.
I fly down the highway
sun on my face
I belong to nobody.
I belong to no place.
I cry over poetry.
&I laugh at myself.
still, I’d rather be me.
than anyone else.