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I wonder who she's seeing tonight
Is she really going out with him
He's not her type
And doin' all the things she used to do to me

Well, I'd say something to her
But I get so jealous
When I think of her loving somebody else
That I can't think why we ever let go
I must have been crazy

Tell me, what kind of fool am I
To just let go - to just let go like that
What kind of fool am I
To lose you

She was cold sometimes
But she made me feel alive
She was such a spoiled baby
But baby she could love
And she loved me like nobody ever will again

I thought we'd be together
When the world ran down
When the curtain fell and the lights came up
But the Gods or whatever make the world go round
Shuffled when they should have cut

Tell me what kind of fool am I
To just let go - to just let go like that
What kind of fool am I
To lose you

Did it come too easy to the two of us
Did we go too wrong to ever make it right
Were we too busy checking out the left hand
That we didn't see the right

Tell me what kind of fool am I
To just let go - to just let go like that
What kind of fool am I

Oh baby please, oh baby, please come back
I meant to say in time
Baby we could work it out
But I never meant to say goodbye

Tell me what kind of fool am I
What kind of fool am I
What kind of fool am I
To lose you

(total playing time 3:19)

This is one of my very favorite songs on the album and I always liked it because for once it was not about someone leaving him (if it was autobiographical) but instead, Rick regretting the decision to leave.   "I can't think why I ever let go..I must have been crazy" is probably my favorite line.  Incidentally, this is also one of my favorite videos.  Just normal guy Rick munching on a doughnut while loading the projector....yeah right.  I do love when he kind of "floats" at the end, it reminds me of when he floats above us on the saucer now.   Whew.  Always thought this song had kind of a country "twang" to it at the end which was odd but when it is Rick, it always works!

I love this song.  The combination of I Get Excited and this song back to back on the album makes it a powerful one-two punch. Again, such poetry with the wording......But the Gods or whatever make the world go round shuffled when they should have cut.....This is one of my favorite lines. Here is the early indication of his explorations into possible other higher powers (Gods or whatever), and then the "shuffled when they should have cut", great choice of words.  He's admitted to being a pretty jealous person, and I think this song has indications of that, too.  Very well written song.

I love this song. It is also one of my favorites on SHSMY. In this song, (if Rick is writing about a personal experience) it seems he finally found a woman who's only goal isn't to just use him, but he lets her go.

And he can't believe: that he let her go ("I must have been crazy" "But I never meant to say goodbye")...that he didn't try to work it out ("To just let go - just let go like that") and that now he's lost her ("What kind of fool am I to lose you").

Of course, if I was this girl and had heard this beautiful song......I would have gladly given Rick a second chance.

The themes of hurt and lost love really carried over into this album. Though it seems like he did the leaving this time. Still a lot of sadness and hurt. This was always one of the songs that was always just sort of   there for me.

Song Facts:

Rick performed this song on the Live N Kickin Special.  He performs this song as part of a Medley at some of his concerts.

It appears on the following releases:
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Rick Springfield (Best Of), Anthology, The Best of Rick Springfield, Rick Springfield, Behind the Music: The Rick Springfield Collection,  Alive-Greatest Hits (as part of a Medley), The Best of Rick Springfield (Japan), Legendary, and Anthology (written in rock)

Rick says:  I wrote that pretty much after I split up a relationship myself. It was mainly my doing. The song pretty much speaks for itself. I like the way I said it in there. Anthony Newley will excuse me for stealing one of his titles. - Hot Ones Radio Show, 1984.