Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright(born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian- American singer-songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright IIIand Kate McGarrigle(they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister , mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I'm Running, which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller, and in which he also played a minor character, was nominated for the 1988 Genie Award for Best Original Song and earned him a nomination for the 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist. He lived in Montreal with his mother for most of his childhood and briefly attended McGill University, where he studied both classical and 'rock' piano.
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Foolish Love Lyrics
Rufus Wainwright
I dont want to hold you and feel so helpless
I dont want to smell you and lose my senses
And smile in slow motion with eyes in love
I twist like a corkscrew, the sweetness rising
I drink from the bottle weeping
Why wont you last?
Why cant you last?
So I will walk without care,
Beat my snare
Look like a man who means business
Go to all the poshest places
With their familiar faces
Terminate all signs of weakness
Chorus: oh, all for the sake, all for the sake
Of a foolish love
I will take my coffee black, never snack
Hang with the wolves who are sheepish
Flow through the veins of town, always frown
Me and my mistress the princess
Chorus
So the day noahs ark floats down park
My eyes will be simply glazed over
Or better yet
Ill wear shades on sunless days
And when the suns out Ill stay and slumber
Chorus