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The Jester

His notes call it the one very lo-fi song on the CD: acoustic, and it doesn't really follow a time signature.

ON THE RECORD2010
Key
Not charted
Capo
None
Tempo
Free time
Album
The Raven and the Writing Desk, track 11
Recorded at
The Sound, Charlottesville, VA
Words & music
Wes Ellis
Verse 1

My words are falling short over coffee

An interested mind with nothing to say

I wish I could read your mind

Won't somebody tell me what to say?

Verse 2

People don't see me as a threat but only if they knew

Nothing's bothered me this week but you

I hope that we speak again soon

Maybe next time I'll know what to do

Chorus 1

I'm a fool for you

But you'd never feel that to be true

I'm a fool for you

A child-like face so beautiful

I wish I could read what's on your mind

Cause even, The Jester, Gets his day.

Verse 3

I don't know a thing about you I don't know anything at all

I fear rejection from a soul like yours

I wish you would tell me your life

Cause love in a glance is for fools

Chorus 2

I'm a fool for you

But you'd never feel that to be true

I'm a fool for you

I wish I could read what's on your mind

Chorus 3

I'm a fool for you, Yeah,

But you'd never feel that to be true

I'm a fool for you

Cause even, The Jester, Gets his day.

No chords written down for this one yet. Just the words for now.

Words and music © 2010 Wes Ellis. All rights reserved. Play it, sing it, learn it; just don't pass it off as yours.