Just a Fool - Jim James

Here I stand

Going through the motions with the mic in my hand

Playing hard to get, pretending like I understand

Just a fool getting by

Just a fool doing alright

Out getting loaded, only way away from the pain I guess?

Holding me so tightly will it ever let me rest?

Memorize the lines and try to work within the frame

Busting out the glass, bloody knuckles broke the pain

Just a fool getting by

Just a fool doing alright

Just a fool getting by

Just a fool doing alright

Just a fool, just a fool

Out on the street

Bleeding in the gutter, busting out the teeth

Spoke my mind, wound up on the wrong side of the fence

Made another promise that should have never left my lips

Now I’m wasting away behind the bars of this country cage

Nowhere else to turn and try to quiet down my rage

Thinking about the ones who did just what they always said

Trying to find the strength it takes to become one of them

Working for the man and dreaming of the day

That I’m throwing down the hammer and marching my own way

Just a fool getting by

Just a fool doing alright

Just a fool getting by

Just a fool doing alright

And dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight

Just a fool, just a fool

Just a fool, just a fool