Elvin Bishop – Fooled Around and Fell in Love

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Elvin Bishop – Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Live, 1975.

That voice gives me chills. No auto tune just pure talent. Where did that kind of music go!

Great vocals by Mickey Thomas, here. Technically perfect, from the standpoint of pitch, tone, timbre, and timing. Furthermore, his ability to manifest the emotions is top-notch. He adds very special textures, colors, and inflections to his intimate phrasing and delivery. This is a true Master Class for singers in any genre.

Lyrics:
I must’ve been through about a million girls
I’d love ’em, and I’d leave ’em alone
I didn’t care how much they cried, no sir
Their tears left me cold as a stone

But then I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love
Fooled around and fell in love

It used to be when I’d see a girl that I liked
I’d get out my book and write down her name
But when the grass got a little greener on the other side
I’d just tear out that page

But then I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love, since I met you, baby
I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love

Free on my own, that’s the way I used to be
But since I met you baby, love’s got a hold on me
(Fooled around and fell in love) whoo, it’s got a hold on me now, yeah
(Fooled around and fell in love) I can’t let go of you, baby
(Fooled around and fell in love) I can’t stop loving you now
(Fooled around and fell in love) hey, ’cause I fooled around

I fooled around (fooled around)
I fooled around (fooled around)
I fooled around (fooled around)

Fooled around, fooled around, yes, I did
(Fooled around) I fooled around
(Fooled around) oh, I fooled

I fooled around, I fell in love
(Fooled around) hey-hey

Songwriters: Elvin Bishop / Mikako Taki / Junichi Morita