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The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry

Fool to Cry is a ballad by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from their 1976 album Black and Blue.

Recorded in December 1974, the song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It is a slow-paced ballad. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the rest of 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 on 20 April 1976, "Fool to Cry" reached #6 on the UK Singles Charts and #10 on the US 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.

A music video was produced to promote the single.

The lyrics:

When I come home baby

And Ive been working all night long

I put my daughter on my knee, and she say

Daddy what's wrong?

I put my head on her shoulder

She whispers in my ear so sweet

You know what she says?

Daddy you're a fool to cry

Youre a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why.

You know, I got a woman

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

Daddy you're a fool to cry

Youre a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why.

Daddy you're a fool to cry

Oh, I love you so much baby

Daddy you're a fool to cry

Daddy you're a fool to cry, yeah

She says, daddy you're a fool to cry

Youre a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why.

She says, daddy you're a fool to cry

Daddy you're a fool to cry

Daddy you're a fool to cry

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, daddy you're a fool to cry

Youre a fool to cry

Youre a fool to cry

And it makes me wonder why.

Im a fool baby

Im a fool baby

Im a certified fool, now

I want to tell ya

Gotta tell ya, baby

Im a fool baby

Im a fool baby

Certified fool for ya, mama, come on

Im a fool

Im a fool

Im a fool