Fools Gold

Standard Tuning/ Intro: x5 She wore a dress that Mara Lisa had sewn And everybody just laughed The boys were suited up on Mexican rose They spilled their wine on their pants A distant cousin of her brother had come He tore the sheets from her bed She felt the poison of the barreling sun She felt the weight of his hands Fool's gold can buy you anything you want Fool's gold, fool's gold x2 Her sister Hattie had a ship But it had no sail Her husband hit her and he split her lip He said he'd kill her if he thought she would tell The streets were empty on the 4th of July The fires burned in the sticks The bells were ringing from the church of the saints Made of Mexican brick Fool's gold can buy you anything you want Fool's gold, fool's gold Fools Gold x4 (over solo) They watched her walk in from the roof of their house She had a gun in her purse Mara Lisa could have left on a train She wasn't sure which was worse Her brother Daniel knew a guy in the stretch He had some horses and a grudge The other option was a Mexican jail And a crooked judge Fool's gold can buy you anything you want Fool's gold, fool's gold Fool's gold can buy you anything you want Fool's gold, fool's gold Fools Gold x4 (over solo) They cast a shadow on the dusted remains The broken bottles cut the earth She saw a rifle sticking out of the brush She grabbed the gun from her purse Mara Lisa threw the sacks in the car The bullets cut into the breeze Fool's gold can buy you Mexican jewels But it can't buy the police Fool's gold can buy you anything you want Fool's gold, fool's gold Fool's gold can buy you anything you want Fool's gold, fool's gold Fools Gold Outro: (fade out over solo)