THE ROLLING STONES - FOOL TO CRY

FOOL TO CRY

THE ROLLING STONES

SONGWRITERS: KEITH RICHARDS & MICK JAGGER

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BLACK AND BLUE

LABEL: ROLLING STONES

GENRE: SOUL/BALLAD

YEAR: 1976

 

       "Fool to Cry" is a ballad by English rock band [the Rolling Stones] from their 1976 album Black and Blue.

        The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the Stones were left without a lead guitarist. The recording of Black and Blue acted as a sort of audition for new guitarists, which led to session man Wayne Perkins playing guitar on this track. Jagger plays electric piano and Nicky Hopkins performs regular piano on the track, with Hopkins also playing the string synthesizer.

        Released as the lead single off Black and Blue in 1976, "Fool to Cry" reached Nº 6 on the UK Singles Chart and Nº 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

          "Fool to Cry" was the only track from Black and Blue to appear on the Stones' career-spanning greatest hits albums Forty Licks in 2002 and GRRR! in 2012.

When I come home baby

And I've been working all night long

I put my daughter on my knee, and she says

Daddy what's wrong?

She whispers in my ear so sweet

You know what she says, she says

Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry

You're a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why

 

Daddy you're a fool

You know, I got a woman (daddy you're a fool)

And she lives in the poor part of town

And I go see her sometimes

And we make love, so fine

I put my head on her shoulder

She says, tell me all your troubles

You know what she says?

She says, ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry

You're a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why

 

Daddy you're a fool to cry

Yeah, she says

Oh, Daddy you're a fool to cry

You're a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why

 

She says, ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry

Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry

Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry

Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry

 

Even my friends say to me sometimes

And make out like I don't understand them

You know what they say?

They say, ooh daddy you're a fool to cry

You're a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why, ah

 

I'm a fool baby, ah ya

I'm a certified fool, ah yeah

Gotta tell ya, baby

I'm a fool baby, ah yeah

Whoo

Certified fool for ya, mama, ya, yeah, come on, yeah

I'm a fool, yeah!