Isaac Hayes — Thanks To The Fool

[Spoken Word] 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 Uh, when-when we first had our conversation When you showed me your engagement ring, you-you're engaged to John, I congratulated you You appeared so happy and jolly [?] Said he's got thing all locked up and he made a mistake, though He got caught in that grass as green as [?] looking on the other side of the fence They [?] him with his head 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 you were longing for And finally you woke up and realized you had an alternative And well, of course the alternative was me I will assure you, 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 [?] for John's girl and he ain't gon make it for 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 [Song] Thanks to the fool for letting you go He didn't know I need 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 of my [?] I stood patiently on the sidelines And watch his [?] unwind From now on I'm gon' 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 his [?] unwind I've been what he should've been The right kind of lover, the right kind of friend I wanna say thanks to the fool (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'm waiting for such a long time Thanks to the fool [?] 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 waited for Because you're the one that I left [?] Thanks to the fool Thanks to the fool I wanna, I wanna say thanks to the fool Thanks to the fool 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