To Sweep Away a Fool - Eleanor McEvoy

You don’t have to be clever

You don’t need a degree

To take a wounded woman

And bring her to her knees

And you won’t need an army

It’s not a lot to do

It doesn’t take a genius

To sweep away a fool

To sweep away a fool

It wouldn’t take the finest

Minds in MIT

The find a lonely woman

And sweep her off her feet

All it takes is lying

And leaving when you’re through

It doesn’t take a genius

To sweep away a fool

To sweep away a fool

When a woman’s standing strong

You’ll never knock her down

All the forces of the law

Couldn’t make her fall

When a woman’s standing proud

She’ll stand out of their crowd

And she would rise above it all

When a woman’s standing tall

Fresh October morning

I met him on the bus

I didn’t take much notice

When he smiled at me at first

Wasn’t 'til December

He broke my heart in two

It didn’t take a genius

To sweep away a fool

To sweep away this fool