Even A Fool Can See

Its uncanny how, when you're feeling all melancholic and sentimental, a song comes along that perfectly describes how you feel.

And it usually comes over the radio, while you're driving all alone in the wee hours of the morning, on an empty stretch of highway, windows down, wind in your hair, cruising back to a home you know will be empty.

So immediately after stepping through the front door, I managed to dig up Peter Cetera's last album with Warner Bros Records, 1992's World Falling Down, from under a tonne of old CDs from way back then. I became more of a fan in 1986, 1 year after he left Chicago to launch a successful solo career.

And in the decade-and-a-half old compact disc, I got re-acquainted with this gem of a track. A gem of a track to a fool like me that is...

One big happy family
Together the rest of our lives
As far as our friends were concerned
Everything seemed right

But that's when she told me
She said it was time to move on
Just something that she kept inside
That told me the thrill was gone

And now I can't believe
I can't believe its over
Suddenly its plain to see
She's leaving me and...

Even a fool can see
There's nothing left between us
I knew all along something was wrong
But I did my best to deny it
And now I can't go home
She wants to be alone so
Tell anyone who misses me that I'm alright
Even a fool can see

There were times we had nothing
Yet somehow we laughed through it all
There are moments I'll never forget
And some I wouldn't care to recall

And still I can't believe
I can't believe its over
Suddenly its plain to see
She doesn't need me

Even a fool can see
There's nothing left between us
I knew all along that something was wrong
But I did my best to deny it
And now I can't go home
She wants to be alone so
Tell anyone who misses me that I'm alright
Even a fool can see

Nothing more to talk about
Its over when its over
In the end you both stop trying
In the end its oh so sad
And you're crying

And now I can't go home
She wants to be alone so
Tell anyone who misses me that I'm alright
Even a fool can see

Tell me that I'm alright
Even a fool like me

Woo ooo I'm alright
Even a fool can see
Whoa ooo ooo ooo