Fooling Myself
Love's Deceptive Dance: Fooling Myself with Billie Holiday
Lyrics
I try to keep you out of my heart
I attempt to keep you out of my emotions.
But somehow I find
Despite my efforts, I somehow discover.
Trying to keep you out of my heart
Struggling to exclude you from my feelings.
I'm out of my mind
I am losing my rationality.
I tell myself "I'm through with you
I convince myself that I am done with you.
And I'll having nothing more to do with you"
Declaring that I want no further involvement.
I stay away, but every day
I keep my distance, yet each day.
I'm just foolin' myself
I am merely deceiving myself.
Tell my friends that I don't care
Inform my friends that your impact is negligible.
I shrug my shoulders at the whole affair
I dismiss the situation with a nonchalant attitude.
But all know it is't so
Yet, deep down, everyone knows it's not true.
I'm just foolin' myself
I am merely deceiving myself.
And ev'ry time I pass
Whenever I see my reflection.
And see my face in a looking glass
I acknowledge my image in the mirror.
I tip my hat and say
I greet myself, recognizing the foolishness.
"How do you do, you fool
"How do you do, you fool.
You're trowing your life away"
You're wasting your life away."
I'm acting gay
I am putting on a cheerful facade.
I'm acting proud
I am displaying pride.
And every time I see you in a crowd
Each time I encounter you in a group.
I may pretend
I may feign.
But in the end
Yet ultimately.
I'm just foolin' myself
I am merely deceiving myself.
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