Lyrics
Don't be a fool, Don't be a fool, Don't be a fool
Repeated emphasis on not being a fool, possibly advising against naivety or gullibility.
Don't be a fool, Don't be a fool, Don't be a fool
-Don't be a fool, Don't be a fool
-He came from somewhere back in here long ago
Describes a person who came from the past, attempting to recreate something that never existed.
The sentimental fool don't see
-Tryin' hard to recreate what had yet to be created
-Once in her life
-She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale
A woman smiles at a nostalgic tale, but the storyteller realizes it was never real.
Never comin' near what he wanted to say
-Only to realize
-It never really was
-She had a place in his life
The woman had a place in the storyteller's life, but he never made her think twice.
(Tu ru ru ru tu tu ru)
-He never made her think twice
-(Tu ru ru ru tu tu ru)
-As he rises to her apology
He rises to apologize, but anyone else would know he's watching her leave.
Anybody else would surely know
-He's watching her go
-(Watching her go)
-What a fool believes, he sees
Introduces the theme of a fool's perception, suggesting that what a fool believes is better than nothing at all.
No wise man has the power
-To reason away
-(Reason away)
-What it seems to be
-Is always better than nothin'
-(Nothin')
-And nothin' at all
-Keeps sendin' him somewhere back in her long ago
The storyteller is sent back to the past, hoping she will return someday.
Where he can believe
-There's a place in her life
-Someday, somehow, she will return
-She had a place in his life
Reiterates that the woman had a place in the storyteller's life, and he never made her think twice.
(Tu ru ru ru tu tu ru)
-He never made her think twice
-(Tu ru ru ru tu tu ru)
-As he rises to her apology
He rises to apologize again, and anyone else would know he's watching her go.
Anybody else would surely know
-He's watching her go
-(Watching her go)
-What a fool believes, he sees
Repeats the idea that a fool believes what he sees, and nothing at all is better than nothing.
No wise man has the power
-To reason away
-(Reason away)
-What it seems to be
-Is always better than nothin'
-(Nothin')
-And nothin' at all
-What he sees he don't believe
Emphasizes the disbelief of what the fool sees, questioning the power of a wise man to reason it away.
(He)
-What he sees he don't believe
-(He sees)
-What he sees he don't believe
-(No wise man has the power)
-Let me hear it from them
Various lines expressing a desire to hear about love, possibly highlighting the theme of longing or unfulfilled expectations.
I wanna hear it for love
-What he sees he don't believe
-(Sees)
-What he sees he don't believe
-What he sees he don't believe
-(See it's always better than nothin')
-Let me hear it from them
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