Fools Get Wise
by 
B.B. King 
recording of 1969 
from 
King Of The Blues 4 CD Box Set (MCA MCAD4-10677) 
I ask you where you're goin' and you tell me where you been 
I can tell you been doin' me wrong, baby, from the shape you're in 
You better open up you're eyes baby, 'cause fools do get wise 
Your late up and sleep all day, you jump and you ramble all night 
Well the fool that I am baby, I can tell you ain't doin' me right 
You better wake up and realize that fools do get wise 
Yeah, when the cat's away, I know the rat 's gonna play 
But I can't tell what you're puttin' down, woman, you play when the cat 's around 
You better try this one on for size, I tell you fools do get wise 
I'm through being you're fool baby, I ain't gonna give you another red cent 
Gonna tell the rent man to padlock the door, 'cause I ain't gonna pay your rent no more 
You better open up you're eyes woman, fools do get wise