Beautiful Fool - Kathy Mattea

Martin Luther, who did you think that you were?

Appointed by some higher up

Merely mortal, your plans were unaffordable

No one wants to pay for love

Oh, you beautiful fool

Swimming upstream, kicking up waves

Dreams weren’t meant to come true

That’s why they call 'em dreams

Oh, you beautiful fool

Walter Cronkite preempted Disney one night

And all us kids were so upset

We thought that you were a trouble instigator

Marching through our TV set

Oh, you beautiful fool

Swimming upstream, kicking up waves

Dreams weren’t meant to come true

That’s why they call 'em dreams

Oh, you beautiful fool

To fight a fight without a fist

All human instinct puzzles this

How dare you threaten our existence?

Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus Christ

History repeats itself so nice

Consistently we are resistant to love

Saw you on the black and white

With blacks and whites applauding you

Saw you on another time

Without a sign of life in you

Oh, you beautiful fool

Swimming upstream, kicking up waves

Dreams weren’t meant to come true

That’s why they call 'em dreams

Oh, you beautiful fool

Oh, you beautiful fool