When I Was a Fool

I re-read silly lines

That made sense at the time

Pages all stained with tears and red wine

And I walk through the airport and see magazines

Every face that I see

So much younger than me

And I smile to myself how I don't even miss

My glorious past or the lips that I've kissed

And I think to myself that how easy this is

Easy to breathe, easy to live

And I wonder why I tear myself in two

Over how to be, what to say and what to do

And I know you liked me better then

And I know you liked me better when I was a fool

…I was a fool

…mm

…I was a fool

…mm

So I live in these days

But I still have my old ways

'cause the future, somehow, has yet to arrive

And I see all around me the women on time

Kids and divorces and crisis in midlife

and do I surrender and give up my dream

for a brick in the wall and a washing machine

grow up and get real

for a kid in their teens

who won't care what I've done

where I've been, what I've seen

And I wonder why I tear myself in two

over who to be, how to be and what to do

and I know you liked me better then

and I know you liked me better when I was a fool

…I…was a fool

…I was a fool

…I was a fool

I'm free to a fault

I'm 45

I'm playing guitar

I'm living my life

Fly down the highway

Sun on my face

I belong to nobody

I belong to no place