Look what a fool I’ve been a 1921 popular song words and music by Clarence Williams
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If you don’t believe I love you
Look what a fool I’ve been
If you don’t think I fell for you
See what a hole I’m in
I’ve tried to be so kind, sweet as I could be
Then you went and tried to mistreat me
(spoken: poor little me)
I’m going to wear you off my mind
Off my mind, you’re so unkind
I’m going away, yes going away to stay
Just before I met you I had a good pair of shoes
But take a look at me now
I got the barefooted blues
So, if you don’t believe I love you
Look what a fool I’ve been
Chorus
If you don’t believe I love you
Look what a fool I’ve been
If you don’t think I fell for you
See what a hole I’m in
I’ve tried to be so kind, sweet as I could be
Then you went and tried to mistreat me
(spoken: poor little me)
I’m going to wear you off my mind
Off my mind, you’re so unkind
I’m going away, yes going away to stay
Keep a-fooling with me
I’ll catch a rail off a fence
I’ll beat you over the head
And I will learn you some sense
So, if you don’t believe I love you,
Look what a fool I’ve been
Chorus
If you don’t believe I love you
Look what a fool I’ve been
If you don’t think I fell for you
See what a hole I’m in
I’ve tried to be so kind, sweet as I could be
Then you went and tried to mistreat me
(spoken: poor little me)
I’m going to wear you off my mind
Off my mind, you’re so unkind
I’m going away, yes going away to stay
You were out of a job
Your money sho’ was all gone
You know that I busted Suds
To get your clothes out of pawn
So, if you don’t believe I love you
Look what a fool I’ve been