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I Was A Fool To Care

This version of I Was A Fool To Care was released by James Taylor in 1975.

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I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,
but I don’t care even if I was a fool- I’m still in love with you.
Had I listened to the grapevine, I might have had my doubts.
But I did my level best just to block them out.
Cause love is so unwise and love has no eyes,
And it took a while for a fool to see what his friends were on about.

I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,
but I don’t care even if I was a fool- I’m still in love with you.
Imagining your face, it almost fills the empty space before me.
I can see you eyes and almost hear your lovely lies.

I wish I was an old man and love was through with me.
I wish I was a baby on my mama’s knee.
I wish I was a freight train moving down the line,
just keeping track of time without all these memories

I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care,
but I don’t care even if I was a fool- I’m still in love with you, babe, yes, I am.
I could have opened my eyes, I could have seen through your lies,
I could have stood for no more, I could have walked out the door.

But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care.
But I was a fool to care, I was a fool to care.
You weren’t nothing but a fool to care, just a country fool to care.
You weren’t nothing but a fool to care, just a country fool to care…

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The lyrics to I Was A Fool To Care are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by James Taylor in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to I Was A Fool To Care are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by James Taylor and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I Was A Fool To Care back when it was created.

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