Beautiful Little Fool

Do you know what I did when my baby was born?

You don't because no one was there

My baby was maybe an hour old

And Tom was God knows where

Coming out of the ether, my head full of smoke

"It's a girl," the nurse said

And I broke

I broke

Do you know what I did when my baby was born?

When I found out that she was a she?

I prayed that my beautiful child would be the fool

That I could never be

Let my girl be a fool to whom it won't occur

That the choices she makes in this life are never hers

Never hers, never hers

The best thing a girl can be in this world

Is a beautiful little fool

The best thing a girl can be in this world

Is a beautiful little fool

The best thing a girl can be in this world

Is charming and blithe

And polished, reposed

An absolute rose

And a fool