Like a Fool

Album: Tears, Lies & Alibis (2010)
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  • Tears, Lies & Alibis was an important project for Shelby Lynne. It was her eleventh studio album and the first to be released through her own record label, Everso Records. Finally wielding entire creative control, Lynne was very purposeful about which songs she included on the album.

    One song, "Like a Fool," almost didn't make the cut, but it turned out to be her favorite from the collection. She explained in an interview with Blogcritics: "I wrote that song so quickly and so fast after a day of writing a whole other song. And then I thought I was finished and 'Like A Fool' just kind of fell out on me. Such a simple lyric and I saw it on the paper and I thought, Oh, how sweet. That's a sweet little thing but I doubt it will ever make the record. And that's my favorite. I just love the simplicity of it."

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