| You can fool the landlord sp you don’t pay the rent
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| You can fool the world and become the president
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| You can fool all the people some the time
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| You can make a million dollars and cry"I don’t have a lousy dime"
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| But you can’t fool the blues
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| You can’t fool the blues
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| When you’re makin’all the rules it’s so hard to lose
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| You can’t fool the blues, oh no.
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| You can fool the Romans into lending you an ear
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| Write a story in the papers believing every smear
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| You can fool the rich by driving around in a wreck
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| You can get up someone’s nose every time you bounce a cheque
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| But you can’t fool the blues
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| No you can’t fool the blues
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| You can’t fool the blues it just laughs at each lie
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| Can’t fool the blues, oh no.
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| You can fool your brother into lending you his car
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| Rub up the waitress for some coctails at the bar
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| You can talk some bimbo into taking you home
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| You can fool the wife into thinking you’re alone
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| But you can’t fool the blues
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| You can’t fool the blues
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| That blues chews you up and spits you right out
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| You can’t fool the blues, oh no. |