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Oh what a shame that your pockets did bleed on St. Valentine's,
And you sat in a chair thinking: "Boy, I'm such a Prince!"
Well life's a train that goes from February on, day by day,
But it's making a stop on April first
And you will believe in love
And all that it's supposed to be
But just until the fish start to smell
And you're struck down by a hammer
Sure you were swift when the handsome Greek boys dropped by with gifts
You are suave, thanks to ribbons that opened sesame
But in the stars and closer to home in every planet,
It ain't hard for me and dear JoJo to see
That you will believe in love
And all that it's supposed to be,
But just until the fish start to smell
And you're struck down by a hammer
So let it all go by, looking at the sky,
Wondering if there's clouds and stuff in hell
Let it all go by, looking at the sky
Wondering if there's clouds in hell
And you will believe in love
And all that it's supposed to be
Yes, you will believe in love
'Cause you will believe in love
And all that it's supposed to be… |
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- St. Valentine's - holiday celebrating love; consists of exchanging gifts with loved ones
- Jojo - JoJo Savard is a well-known psychic from Montreal, Quebec who formed her own psychic alliance during the mid-'90s; included infomercials and pay-per-call phone lines
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- "I wrote that at a Valentine's Day party. I was so lovesick. They had these kissing booths, and there was this cute guy in the booth everyone was kissing, but I was too shy to do it. Then I went up to relieve him of his kissing-booth duty, and nobody came to kiss me. It was terrible. You think every thing's great, and it just comes crashing down. I'd come up with the line 'You will believe in love' earlier that evening in the bathtub. I stood up and sang it. It just sort of hit me as the perfect pop ball-grabber of a line. Then I went to that party."
- The music video for "April Fools," directed by Sophie Muller, includes many of the opera heroines mentioned in Wainwright's song, "Damned Ladies." Guest appearances include sister Martha Wainwright, pop musician Gwen Stefani, and Melissa Auf Der Maur
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