Ain’t Nobody’s Fool
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar

verse
death in a tophat, tails and a cane
you can’t brush him off cuz he’s callin your name
best to go slow, and take yo time
review your chance to get away with the crime

card game’s better if’n your a winnin
your gums are better when your teeth are in ‘em
better to be toothless than caught by the law
you can cut your meat small, mash it wit’ your jaw

verse
you know you’re pretty wicked with it
you know you’re stubborn and you’re stickin with it
you don’t want to die but you ain’t kickin it
the bomb is in the clock with the tickin in it

you got silver spurs, you like to gallop
when they give you hell then you give them a wallop
pull down your hat, pull up your britches
get your shovel in the vein and your eye on the riches

chorus
sailor, sailor go down
it’s the gold in the hold
that’s pullin you down
she gonna break up
but you go break down
they’ll find you with the body
when the sirens sound
they’ll find you with the body
when the sirens sound

verse
baby is an angel, she kiss like she prays
the pain that she brings also takes the pain away
her voice in your ear—you’re never more alone
her knife gets sharper the more it’s honed

where does she come from, where does she go
she can’t really tell you cuz she doesn’t really know
she looks real fine, she travels real well
but you can’t check out of that particular hotel

verse
the trap got sprung, you stepped in
you couldn’t see how this would end
you keep holdin on ‘til you can’t no more
your hands are blistered and your back is sore

hey little miss, you call her honey
the answer to your dreams but something feels funny
when she gets hungry she pulls out her gun says
you got to be dead to get your picture on the money

chorus

verse
stoobottom diligent, rathbone drunk
I’m as full of stories as a smell is full of skunk
stand at the crossroads stampin your foot
and I appear all covered in soot

you tell your children, mend your ways
else damnation’s how you’ll end your days
what do you want boy, careful what I’m givin
when you die you goin pay for what you doin when you’re living

verse
the buzzards make money runnin them guns
they got the power, the women and the fun
war is better longer than if it is won
no! don’t stop the profit train once it is begun

Dow Jones crashed, ring rang rung
shoulda had a picnic while the banker hung
no final snap of his neck was heard
he got his dividend, he ain’t no gallows bird

chorus

outro
mm-hm
heehaw mule
stompin and a’whompin
and a’keepin his cool
whoo whoo
ain’t nobody’s fool

ain’t nobody’s fool—Oh No!
ain’t nobody’s fool
ain’t nobody’s fool
ain’t nobody’s

aw-haw
heehaw mule
stompin and a’whompin
and a’keepin his cool
whoo whoo
ain’t nobody’s fool

ain’t nobody’s fool—Oh No!
ain’t nobody’s fool
ain’t nobody’s fool
ain’t nobody’s

No!
ain’t nobody’s
No!
ain’t nobody’s
fool