Thanks To The Fool

(álbum: Branded - 1995)

Hey, hey, hey-hey
I feel good, you know why
Because I'm a living witness that, uh, when patience prevails your luck will change
Remeber when we first met, uh, when-when we first had our conversation
When you showed me your engagement ring, you know you're engaged to John, I congratulated you
You appeared to be so happy and jolly [?]
Said he's got thing all locked up and...
He made a mistake, though he got caught in that grass is greener sentiments now looking on the other side of the fence
Neglected what he had right there and he knew
And I took a big route for that too, you know I was accused
Of being hung up on somebody that belonged to somebody else
You know, I was [?] for John's girl
But you know, I didn't do anything, I just laid back and watched him blow
I knew it, I knew it, I knew he was going to blow
I didn't have to raise a hand
So all those nights you sat home, waiting for the phone to ring
I was hanging back in the wings, visually monitoring the situation
Wishing it would be me that you were longing for
And finally you woke up and realized you had an alternative
And of course the alternative was me
I want to assure you, that you will never ever have to be lonely again
You'll always know where this man is
And I'll lavish you with more love than you ever fantasized about
I'll take care of you
You know they talk about me, I took a lot of hard reps
I gon make for John's girl and he ain't gon make it
But you see who's got the last laugh now
And I have John to thank for that
Yes I stand accused of, uh, what was it
I stand accused then and I stand accused now of loving you
And now I just wanna say

Thanks to the fool for letting you go
He didn't know I needed all the things that you are
And I'm willing to be
What he failed to see
A supporting cast for a superstar
Thanks to the fool for letting you go
I'm so god darn lucky, I'm just one love's [?]

I stood patiently on the sidelines
And watch this good thing unwind
From now on I'm your forever
'Cause he just became your history
I'm saying thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool for letting you go

I'll take you for worse and for better
And I'll take you right that the fool was too dumb to take
A sweet lady like you, mm
Such a beautiful slice of heaven
Your love is safe with me
Never again will your heart break

I stood patiently on the sidelines
And watch this good thing unwind
I've been what he should've been
The right kind of lover, the right kind of friend
And I said thanks, I wanna say thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool, woah
Thanks to the fool for letting you go

He don't know what he had
He blew a good thing and I'm so glad
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool
I said thanks to the fool (for letting you go)

Seems like I've waited for such a long time
Thanks to the fool, at last you're mine
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool (for letting you go)

I'm gonna [?] you night and day
Never will you want to go away
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool
I said thanks to the fool for letting you go

You are the one that I've waited for
Because you're the one that I love
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool
I wanna, I wanna say thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool (for letting you go)

Now you if you only knew the day he blew your love away was my lucky day
Everything's okay
That's why I say for him today
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool
Thanks to the fool for letting you go