Kady Malloy

Foolish Games

Kady Malloy


You took your coat off 
And stood in the rain
You were always crazy 
Like that
I watched 
From my window
Always felt 
I was outside 
Looking in on you

You were always 
The mysterious one
With dark eyes 
And careless hair 
You were 
Fashionably sensitive 
But too cool to care 
Then you stood 
In my doorway 
With nothing to say 
Besides some comment 
On the weather

Well in case you 
Failed to notice 
In case 
You failed to see
This is my heart 
Bleeding before you 
This is me down 
On my knees

Chorus:
These foolish games 
Are tearing me apart
Your thoughtless words 
Are breaking my heart 
You're breaking my heart

You were always brilliant 
In the morning
Smoking your cigarettes 
Talking over coffee
Your philosophies on art 
Baroque moved you
You loved Mozart 
And you'd speak 
Of your loved ones
As I clumsily 
Strummed my guitar

You'd teach me 
Of honest things
Things that were daring 
Things that were clean 
Things that knew 
What an honest dollar 
Did mean
So I hid my soiled hands 
Behind my back
Somewhere along the line 
I must've gone off 
Track with you
Excuse me 
Think I've mistaken you 
for somebody else 
Somebody who gave a damn
Somebody more like myself

(Chorus)

You took your coat off 
And stood in the rain 
You were always crazy 
Like that