They Told Me I Was A Fool

"They Told Me I Was A Fool" is the eighth track off Jandek's debut album Ready For The House released on August 31, 1978. The song was written by Sterling Smith, the man behind the Jandek project.

Lyrics
You got real fancy instincts

But your mouth is so large

I think I see a hundred people in it

I guess you like it that way

Because you're a flop

And there ain’t no more wringer washers

To roll your fingers through

I see your insides aren't the same since 1951

You're dying inside a window

I saw your face all cut with glass

And underneath the window

The hands you dug your grave with

You could have built an empire

He would have helped you now you know

You're going to fetch the wind

On a unicorn

Feet all dangling down

Wish them well at the marketplace

I fear a fiery face

Is staring from the future

It's not the way

They told me I was a fool

Well it's your friend and mine

And ???

The sky is black in a blue night

The winter is true or so it may seem

Carnival tricks in the corners

The floor is made of tracks

That follow your footsteps