| Make me act the fool for all my friends and my relations
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| Let them think I m crazy, yes, can be
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| Let me hear them laugh and say in undertones and whispers:
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| No one acts the fool as well as he
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| Let the world be wise to what is going on inside me
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| Let it colour everything I do
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| Let me hear them laugh and when you re standing here beside me
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| Let them see I act the fool for you
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| Give me bells upon my fingers
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| Give me bells upon my toes
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| Make me wear a pointed hat
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| And dress in funny clothes
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| You can make me entertain you
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| Like the troubadours would do
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| Then take me in your arms
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| And make me act the fool for you
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| Let a people say you twist me round your little finger
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| Let them say you ve got me on a string
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| I don t care what people say it really doesn t matter
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| Talking really doesn t mean a thing, oh no
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| Let them laugh and say I ve changed beyond all recognition
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| If that is really what they wanna do
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| I do what I wanna do, the way I wanna do it
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| And I just want to act the fool for you |