Thanks to the Fool

Hey, hey, hey-hey

I feel good, you know why

Because I'm a living witness that, uh, when patience prevails your luck will change

Remeber when we first met, uh, when-when we first had our conversation

When you showed me your engagement ring, you know you're engaged to John, I congratulated you

You appeared to be so happy and jolly [?]

Said he's got thing all locked up and...

He made a mistake, though - he got caught in that grass is greener sentiments now looking on the other side of the fence

Neglected what he had right there and he knew

And I took a big route for that too, you know I was accused

Of being hung up on somebody that belonged to somebody else

You know, I was [?] for John's girl

But you know, I didn't do anything, I just laid back and watched him blow

I knew it, I knew it, I knew he was going to blow

I didn't have to raise a hand

So all those nights you sat home, waiting for the phone to ring

I was hanging back in the wings, visually monitoring the situation

Wishing it would be me that you were longing for

And finally you woke up and realized you had an alternative

And of course the alternative was me

I want to assure you, that you will never ever have to be lonely again

You'll always know where this man is

And I'll lavish you with more love than you ever fantasized about

I'll take care of you

You know they talk about me, I took a lot of hard reps

I gon make for John's girl and he ain't gon make it

But you see who's got the last laugh now

And I have John to thank for that

Yes I stand accused of, uh, what was it

I stand accused then and I stand accused now of loving you

And now I just wanna say

Thanks to the fool for letting you go

He didn't know I needed all the things that you are

And I'm willing to be

What he failed to see

A supporting cast for a superstar

Thanks to the fool for letting you go

I'm so god darn lucky, I'm just one love's [?]

I stood patiently on the sidelines

And watch this good thing unwind

From now on I'm your forever

'Cause he just became your history

I'm saying thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool for letting you go

I'll take you for worse and for better

And I'll take you right that the fool was too dumb to take

A sweet lady like you, mm

Such a beautiful slice of heaven

Your love is safe with me

Never again will your heart break

I stood patiently on the sidelines

And watch this good thing unwind

I've been what he should've been

The right kind of lover, the right kind of friend

And I said thanks, I wanna say thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool, woah

Thanks to the fool for letting you go

He don't know what he had

He blew a good thing and I'm so glad

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool

I said thanks to the fool (for letting you go)

Seems like I've waited for such a long time

Thanks to the fool, at last you're mine

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool (for letting you go)

I'm gonna [?] you night and day

Never will you want to go away

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool

I said thanks to the fool for letting you go

You are the one that I've waited for

Because you're the one that I love

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool

I wanna, I wanna say thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool (for letting you go)

Now you if you only knew the day he blew your love away was my lucky day

Everything's okay

That's why I say for him today

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool

Thanks to the fool for letting you go