Oh, I pity the fool Look at the people I pity the fool, I said, "I pity the fool" I know you're wonderin? what they're doin? They're just standin? there Watchin' you make a fool of me I know you're wonderin' what they're doin' I pity the fool that falls

We could be heroes We could be heroes, me and you We could be Everyday people do everyday things but I Can't be one of them I know you hear me now, we are a different kind We can do anything All we're looking for is love and a little light

Yet again, I'm hustling, hustling, hustling But I can't seem to catch a dime Take a little hit and I lose the time I took the man and his horse And ran before he looked up I said the light's gonna change But I'm calm and feeling warm And now I'm sticking

Ah, but that green grass on the other side Is just an illusion We all have our own confusion Looking out at the people looking in Feeling good must be some kind of sin Looking in at the people looking out Feeling guilty, scared to move about Looking up

All the lonely people Where do they all come from? Where do they all belong? Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church Where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face That she keeps in

I've been down so long it look like up to me They look up to me I got fake people showin' fake love to me Straight up to my face, straight up to my face Whole time they wanna take my place Somethin' ain't right when we talkin' That's when they smile in

This statement is looking like a barcode, tell a man I want a hundred M's Tell a man I want a hundred M's, tell a man I want a hundred M's I got ten people that I love, look I don't want a a hundred friends And this girl wants to stay for the night, I

Com, commotion Git, git, git, gone Traffic in the city turns my head around No, no, no, no, no Backed up on the freeway, I'm backed up in the church Everywhere you look there's a frown, frown People keep a-talkin', they don't say a word Jaw, jaw, jaw,

But black is all I know, there ain't a thing that I would change in it Look, black is beautiful, black is excellent Black is pain, black is joy, black is evident It's workin' twice as hard as the people you know you're better than 'Cause you need to do

People throw rocks at things that shine, So don't you worry your pretty little mind, And life makes love look hard, The stakes are high, The water's rough, Elevator buttons and morning air, Strangers silence makes me want to take the stairs, If you were