Oh, I played the fool A good guy, bad guy, punchline frown The joke fell flat, I come around Look who volunteered to play the fool A seat change came, it knocked me down I'm setting up the punchline now Look who tried too hard to play it cool Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why I played the fool I laugh at me, I'm crying, trying Falling, sometimes, sometimes flying Cry me an ocean of one liners Cruel, cruel, cruel Our sticks and stones, you know the rhyme You know it landed hard this time Look who tried too hard to play it cool We laugh and move on with our lives I'm bootstrap pain and never mind I'll find a way to rewrite our beginnings Oh, I played the fool I laugh at me, I'm trying, trying Falling, sometimes, sometimes flying Cry me an ocean of one liners Cruel, cruel, cruel