Can You Forgive A Fool

It's three a.m. you're still awake

You listen for her footsteps on the stair

You hear a car door slam

But there's no one there . . .

The ashtrays half-smoked cigarettes

Remind you of those words you now regret,

The answer to your pride

A stream of tears that trailed across her cheek

Those moments made of years

When she could hardly speak.

Until she said OK, no more, amen

I think I'd better go . . . .

Jealousy is a bitter brew

Its poison drives all reason out of you

How could she think that you were serious

And then too late, too late;

How quick the tree of love

Bears fruit of hate.

When she denied the lies you turned away

But that was yesterday.

And now you pray she'll come home again

You phoned up all her friends

To tell them how much you love her

And you pray she'll come home again

Or this nightmare will never end

Or this nightmare will never end.

Six a.m. and half asleep but wait

Is that a taxicab outside?

You throw the window wide

Oh Yes it's her . . .

You laugh, you cry, you run downstairs

Unlatch the door and she is standing there

You take her hand to see if she is real

And Oh that feeling when she says

"Hello it's me . . . ."And as the sunrise fills the street

You hold her close against your heart and say

"I love you, can you forgive a fool?"

"Can you forgive a fool?"

"Can you forgive a fool?"