Patty Loveless - Richest Fool Alive lyrics

There's just no way of goin' back to change what's come and gone

But if I could go back in time I'd undo what you've done

I wouldn't look into your eyes and go completely blind

Or listen to your pretty words and leave my heart behind

If heartache were treasures and pain could be sold

If dreams were made of silver and promises of gold

Teardrops were diamonds measured in lies

I'd have a broken heart worth millions and be the richest fool alive

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Next time I listen to my friends take their advice to heart

And avoid all of this misery I could've ended from the start

But fools in love don't listen they don't know right from wrong

They see just what they wanna see and miss it when its gone

If heartaches were treasure...

I'd have a broken heart worth millions and be the richest fool alive