Poor little fool (video) (intro) (midi)

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1. I used to play around with hearts that hastened at my call,

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but when I met that little girl I knew that I would fall.

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Poor little fool, oh yeah, I was a fool,

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uh huh, poor little fool, I was a fool, oh yeah.

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2. She played around and teased me with her carefree devil eyes,

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she'd hold me close and kiss me but her heart was full of lies.

+ CHORUS

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3. She told me how she cared for me and that we'd never part,

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and so for the very first time I gave away my heart. + CHORUS

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4. The next day she was gone and I knew she'd lied to me,

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she left me with a broken heart and won her victory. + CHORUS

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5. Well, I played this game with other hearts but I never thought I'd see,

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the day that someone else would play love's foolish game with me.

+ CHORUS +

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Poor little fool, oh yeah, I was a fool, uh huh, poor little fool, fool.

(Ricky Nelson)