Thanks To The Fool Isaac Hayes

[Spoken Word]
Hey, hey, hey-hey
I feel good, you know why
Because I'm a living witness that, uh, when patience prevails your luck will change
Uh, when-when we first had our conversation
When you showed me your engagement ring, you-you're engaged to John, I congratulated you
You appeared to be so happy and jolly [?]
Said he's got thing all locked up and he made a mistake, though
He got caught in that grass as green as [?] looking on the other side of the fence
They [?] him with his hand right there and he knew
And I took a big route for that too you know
I was accused of being hung up on somebody that belonged to somebody else
You know, I was on the make for John's girl
But you know, I didn't do anything, I just laid back and watched him blow
I knew it, I knew it, I knew he was going to blow
I didn't have to raise a hand
So all those nights you sat home, waiting for the phone to ring
I was hanging back in the wings, visually monitoring the situation
Wishing it would be me you were longing for
And finally you woke up and realized you had an alternative
And well, of course the alternative was me
I will assure you, you will never-ever have to be lonely again
You'll always know where this man is
And I'll lavish you with more love than you ever fantasized about
I'll take care of you
You know they talk about me, I took a lot of hard reps
I'm gonna make for John's girl and he ain't gon make it for
But you see who's got the last laugh now
And I have John to thank for that
Yes I stand accused of, uh, what was it
I stand accused then and I stand accused now of loving you
And now I just wanna say