A Fool's Tale

Down in the valley where shadows play

Lived a joker with a price to pay

Cards in his pocket dreams in flight

Smiling through the darkest night

He danced with the moon sang to the stars

Chasing fireflies ignoring scars

Hearts in his hands like falling leaves

Believing every wild reprieve

Oh what a tale of a fool so grand

Building castles out of sand

He'd laugh at storms and kiss the wind

A gypsy soul that wouldn't bend

Luck was fleeting like whispers lost

He'd chase it not counting the cost

With broken dreams and laughter loud

A fool's tale under a wandering cloud

Sometimes wisdom hides in jest

Lessons learned from life's arrest

For every fool's heart that dared to leap

There's a treasure buried deep

Oh what a tale of a fool so grand

Building castles out of sand

He'd laugh at storms and kiss the wind

A gypsy soul that wouldn't bend