Fool

All the ghosts of the grandmothers

Have been haunting me in my living room

I am pagan in my pondering

Wondering where it is I will go, if I don’t go here

And the streets are full of beggars

Bragging threats of misdemeanors

I am shirtless in my offerings

To be more than what you want from me

Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so

Say it aint, say it ain’s so

And the creatures in their masks and capes

Are growing restless under costume makeup

I am wise to what we’re doing here, but I’m a fool

Standing naked and dressed as myself

Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so

Say it aint, say it ain’s so

I will keep my eyes shut, I will, I will

I will build a time machine

Travelin’ back to kings and queens

Changing all the course of history

So these things I’ve done won’t make a fool out of me

All the children at the swimming pool

Offer their bare skin to the afternoon

And in the courtyard birds are caroling

In the fountains that man made for them

Say it ain’t so, say it ain’t so

Say it aint, say it ain’s so

That I am cursed and insignificant

Thinking all the world revolves around me