The Fool Strikes Again Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
The Fool Strikes Again
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Mark Sherrill, Steve Davis, Gary Cobb
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Once again she offers
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more than I'm
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deserving
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And
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once again I'll do
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some foolish thing
To break her
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lovin'
heart
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Every time we put the pieces back
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together
The
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fool in me will jump right out and
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tear it all apart
Yes the
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fool
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strikes
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again
Lady
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luck never
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smiles on those who
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cheat to win
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time I get her
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back the devil t
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empts me into sin
And with a
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smile on his face
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the fool
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strikes
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Yes the
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fool
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strikes
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again
Lady
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luck never
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smiles on those who
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cheat to win
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time I get her
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back the devil
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tempts me into sin
And with a
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smile on his face
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the fool
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strikes
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Yes the
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fool the
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fool strikes
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agai
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Fool Strikes Again?
- The song The Fool Strikes Again was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
