Running Out of Fools
Heartbreak Echoes: Elvis Costello's Running Out of Fools
Lyrics
Sure you haven't got the wrong number
Suggests uncertainty or doubt about the caller's intention or identity.
Sure it's me you want to talk to tonight
Confirming the identity of the caller and their intention to talk.
Everyone in town's got your number
Implies that the caller's contact information is widely known in town.
Everyone in town's got you pegged just right
Suggests that the caller's personality or characteristics are well-understood by everyone.
Is that why you got in touch with me
Questioning the motive behind the contact, implying a hidden agenda.
I guess you must be running out of fools
Suspecting that the caller is reaching out because they are running out of options or wise people.
Even when you left me there crying
Recalling a past emotional moment when the caller was indifferent to the speaker's pain.
Your goodbye was even colder than ice
Describing the cold and heartless nature of the previous farewell.
You didn't care that you left me there crying
Emphasizing the lack of concern for the speaker's emotional state during the departure.
Now you want to break my heart twice
Accusing the caller of wanting to hurt the speaker emotionally again.
Is that why you got in touch with me
Questioning the true motive behind reconnecting, suspecting insincere intentions.
I guess you must be running out of fools
Reiterating the suspicion that the caller is reaching out due to a shortage of sincere people.
I guess you got back to my name in your little black book
Suggesting that the caller is revisiting the speaker's contact information after a period of neglect.
Hey guess what I bet you forgot how I even look
Mocking the caller for potentially forgetting the speaker's appearance or existence.
So go ahead with all your sweet talking
Encouraging the caller to speak sweetly but expressing skepticism about its effectiveness.
Go ahead for all the good it will do
Dismissive attitude towards any positive impact the caller's words might have.
Have yourself a dime's worth of talking
Suggesting that the caller's attempts at communication are not valuable.
Then I'm gonna hang right up on you
Anticipating ending the conversation abruptly after a brief exchange.
'Cause this time you're not getting through to me
Declaring resistance to the caller's influence or persuasion this time.
I guess you must be running out of fools
Reiterating the belief that the caller is reaching out due to a shortage of sincere people.
Even fools like me
Acknowledging oneself as a fool, possibly with a sense of self-deprecation.
Even fools like me
Repeating the acknowledgment of being a fool, reinforcing the speaker's self-awareness.
I guess you're running out of fools
Speculating that even individuals like the speaker are becoming scarce for the caller.
Even fools like me
Reiterating the idea that the caller is running out of sincere and genuine people.
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