I Was a Fool

Out in the evening past the bridge and below
Frogs and cicadas left and right growling low.
I've spent so much time round here when spring is done
Been here a thousand times, not heard a single one.

Birds in the morning while I'm shoveling the snow
Coffee pot wheezing soft as my stereo
All of the things I've had whether I've known or not
All of the things I've known and then somehow forgot

When I was young riding around
Beer in my lap, one window down
Bird in the tree, kiss on the mouth
I thought that I had figured it out
I was a fool. Then I met you.

Dusk was the longest hour when I was a kid.
Beautiful things sometimes can seem pretty hid.
Funny the things that make you want to walk the land
Are the things sometimes you barely understand?

Found lots of crooked road before I found you
Hard to curse any road but sometimes you do.
Feeling all strung out, drawn up from head to gut
I was calling out, I didn't know for what

When I was young riding around
Beer in my lap, one window down
Bird in the hand, kiss on the mouth
I thought that I had figured it out
All of these things so hard to find
Up in my face, lost to my mind
Hand on the knee, kiss in the mouth
I thought that I had figured it out
I was a fool.