well here i stand before you a broken man with head in hands and what a fool i am to think you d ever wanna have your eyes meet with mine again after what i did and wonderin where i d been all this time cause i guess it was the spotlight that drove me away or dreamin that old billboard would be flashin my name now here i stand before you just a fraction of the man i used to be prayin you ll forgive the fool in me the fool in me you ain t never seen a thing like miami beach or alberta gold oh it was good to be home but all the time that ti ve been takin for the things that i thought i m supposed to do well all that i could do was think of you and everything you meant to me cause i guess it was the spotlight that drove me away or dreamin that old billboard would be shinin my name now here i stand before you just a fraction of the man i used to be prayin you ll forgive the fool in me well i need to know is time to let go i need to hold onto something real cause i guess it was the spotlight that drove me away or dreamin that old billboard would be flashin my name now here i stand before you just a fraction of the man i used to be prayin you ll forgive the fool in me cause all i m ever gonna be is a fool just the fool in me the fool in me