[Intro] [Verse 1] I have counted a lot of things in my life Counted crawfish, counted rent Counted every dollar twice And every day my daddy went But the only count that ever come out right The only sum I ever kept Is nine fools standin' in the light And every one of us wept [Verse 2] Roy come first, he was pickin' for tips Marceline had a bus ticket and a busted lip Beau said he'd play one night for gas Amos come in through a kitchen door Otis said his hands was gone — they wasn't Pearline said the Lord don't play bars — He does Hollis was asleep in a truck out back And Jesse Ray, well. Jesse Ray was always there [Chorus] Nine fools, nine fools Ain't a one of us kin Nine fools, nine fools And I'd do it all again We ain't got a thing worth stealin' We ain't got a place to keep Just nine fools and a feelin' And a whole lot of deep [Verse 3] Now she'll tell you that she found us — (That ain't how it went!) She'll tell you that we saved her — (That ain't what she meant!) Truth is she был the only one Who'd take a man like me So don't ask who done the savin' It don't work that way, you see [Chorus] Nine fools, nine fools Ain't a one of us kin Nine fools, nine fools And I'd do it all again We ain't got a thing worth stealin' We ain't got a place to keep Just nine fools and a feelin' And a whole lot of deep [Verse 4] There's a woman in this room who raised me There's a cousin at the bar There's a parish full of people Who know exactly who we are And I have sung this to strangers In a hundred empty rooms But I never once sung it home Till tonight [Interlude] ROY! (Nine fools!) MARCELINE! (Nine fools!) BEAU! (Nine fools!) AMOS! (Nine fools!) OTIS! (Nine fools!) PEARLINE! (Nine fools!) HOLLIS! (Nine fools!) CLEO! (Nine fools!) JESSE RAY! (Nine fools!) AND ME! (NINE FOOLS!) [Chorus] Nine fools, nine fools! Ain't a one of us kin! Nine fools, nine fools! And I'd do it all again! We ain't got a thing worth stealin'! We ain't got a place to keep! Just nine fools and a feelin' And a whole lot of deep! Nine fools! Nine fools! Ain't a one of us kin! Nine fools! Nine fools! And I'd do it all again! [Outro]
