JEWEL - FOOLISH GAMES
You Took Your Coat Off And Stood In The Rain
You're Always Crazy Like That
I Watched From My Window, Always Felt I Was Outside
Looking In On You
You Were Always The Mysterious One With
Dark Eyes And Careless Hair You Were
Fashionably Sensitive But Too Cool To Care
You Stood In My Doorway, You Got Nothing To Say
Besides Some Comment On The Weather
Well In Case You Failed To Notice, In Case You Failed To See
This Is My Heart, Bleeding Before You
This Is Me Down On My Knees
And These Foolish Games Are Tearing Me Apart
And Your Throughtless Words Are Breaking My Heart
Breaking My Heart...
You're Always Brilliant In The Morning
You're Smoking On Your Cigarettes
And Talking Over Coffee
Your Philosophies On Art, Baroque Moved You, You Loved Mozart
And You Speak Of Your Loved Ones
As I Clumsily Strum My Guitar
You'd Teach Me Of Honest Things
Things That Were Daring, Things That Were Clean
Things That Knew What An Honest Dollar Did Mean
So I Hid My Soiled Hands Behind My Back
Somewhere Along The Line I Must've Off Track With You
Well Excuse Me, Guess I've Mistaked You For Somebody Else
Somebody Who Gave A Damn, Somebody More Like Myself
And These Foolosh Games Are Tearing Me, Tearing Me, Tearing Me
And Your Thoughtless Words Are Breaking My Heart...
You're Breaking My Heart
You Took Your Coat Off And Stood In The Rain
You're Always Crazy Like That
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Jewel Kilcher
Producer(s): Peter Collin
This Song About The Frustration Of Unrequited Love Was The Third Single Released From Jewel's Debut Album. There Was A Real Inspiration For The Song, A Guy Jewel Fell For When She Was 16. She Wrote About Him In Her Journal, Developing A Relationship She Was "Dramatically Involved In On Paper." Her Journal Entries Formed Into A Poem, And A Year Later She Turned It Into A Song, One She Would Often Perform At Coffee Houses And Other Intimate Venues When She Was Just Starting Out.
The Song Was Included On The 1997 Soundtrack For Batman & Robin, Starring George Clooney And Chris O'donnell As The Dynamic Duo. In Context Of The Film, The Song Parallels Bruce Wayne's Relationship With Julie Madison (Elle Macpherson), Whom He Has To Reject In Order To Protect.
Jewel Was Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Female Pop Vocal Performance For "Foolish Games" In 1998, But Lost To Sarah Mclachlan For "Building A Mystery."
This Was A Hidden Bonus Track On A Re-Release Of "You Were Meant For Me" And Stayed On The Charts For A Record 65 Weeks, The Longest Chart Run Of A Single At The Time.
For Her 2013 Greatest Hits Album, Jewel Performed This As A Duet With Kelly Clarkson.
Jewel Performed This With Melissa Etheridge On Vh1 Duets In 1995.
In A 2010 Funny Or Die Video, Jewel Disguises Herself As A Businesswoman And Performs "Foolish Games" And "You Were Meant For Me" At A Karaoke Bar, Returning Later In The Evening As Herself To Sing Some More. Many In The Stunned Crowd Didn't Realize They Were The Same Person.