Well, I wonder, wonder, wonder just why it is   That I sit around here and I cry?   Is it just because I'm too weak to take the loss?   I walk away knowing that I really care, down deep inside      Or is it just the fool in me?   (Is it just the fool in me?)   Keeps me hanging on   When I should have been gone      Is it just the fool in me   (Is it just the fool in me?)   That won't let me live without you?   Oh honey, I think it's just the fool in me, darling      I think it's just the fool in me   Keeps me hanging on   I can't seem to help myself   (At all )      And I have promised, I have promised   I made promises to myself   I would stay no longer      But every time I say, "I've had enough"   I start to step but my shoes get stuck   And all I seem to do is stand and say   "I want you, girl"      Maybe it's the fool in me   (Maybe it's the fool in me)   Keeps me hanging on      And I love, I love you, I love you, I love you   Ah, look how close I came   Ah, tell myself just don't do it again   Ah, just when I feel I'm on my way, all I ever seem to do is stay