She wasn't a fool That glittering girl She followed the rules That shimmering pearl Said the rules mama preaches Don't die when they break The things mama teaches You just gotta shake But she wasn't a fool That slender lovely girl She followed her rules And made money bigger She wasn't a fool That shining young woman She followed her rules She is crying for no man Said the rules mama teaches Don't die when they're broken She explodes into peaches And cries when I've spoken She wasn't a fool That goddess of hell There are no mother's rules She makes them herself ... If I was down upon my knees To beg her surrender up to me {solo; verse pattern} Something inside her Told he she shouldn't Tried and alight her But the girl wouldn't She wasn't a fool But love flowed from her face She's not scared of me She's afraid of disgrace She wasn't a fool That female for our world She followed her rules That glittering girl That glittering girl That glittering girl That glittering girl