a foolish heart is what he's talking about
with a million experiences to back him up
and three wives to remind him
i ask what love is
and he simply tells me he's not one to give that sort of advice
but we all start out that way
foolish in love
foolish in life
he says to stop before you start falling
because that's where he went wrong before
but between his words i hear a perfect harmony
something connected between heart and mind
i could heed his warning
knowing he's had it wrong more than right
but that's not like him to make perfect sense
he was more of a father than a dad
he was more absent than present
he was more of a man's man
than a woman's man
he was more quiet when he should have spoken up
and said too much when he should have kept quiet
and who am i to hold it against him
that's what ties us
a foolish heart
and i wouldn't tell anybody that i've got it figured out
but i would say i'm coming around to getting it down
more and more each day
it's about recognizing
the calling
and the response
it's more about meeting half way
to every moment which ultimately comes back around
seeing it through until its faded out
and knowing when it's time to say goodbye
he has said goodbye to me before
and i decided that i wouldn't let his foolish heart
break mine.
so here we are again
father and daughter
tied together
by a common thread
that will teach us more about everything than nothing
some sort of resurrected conviction of the heart
which is the beginning of forgiving ourselves
for having a foolish heart...
