A Good Fool Is Hard To Find
by Houston / Shackleford 
recording of 1986 
from 
Cold Snap (Alligator ALCD-4752) 
My baby came home last night 
And she looked at me real cool 
She said, "Albert, you ain't nothin' but a overgrown fool, 
I'm gonna leave you, gonna leave you behind" 
I said, " Baby I'm gonna tell you, that a good fool is hard to find" 
Now, baby if you leave me, it would hurt me to my soul 
I just can't understand why baby, any woman could be so cold 
But a good fool, a good fool, is hard to find 
Take a lesson from me baby, a good fool is hard to find 
The last time you left me, I didn't have much to lose 
You left me with nothin' woman, but a pair of thin-sole shoe 
But a good fool, a good fool is hard to find 
Take a lesson from me baby, a good fool is hard to find 
Now listen to me baby, I think you should be told 
When they made yo' daddy, somebody went an' broke the mold 
A good fool, a good fool is hard to find 
You take the lesson from me woman, a good fool is hard to find