You Can’t Fix Stupid I Delta Blues Brother

Some problems don’t need fixing — they need distance. "You Can’t Fix Stupid" from Delta Blues Brother is a dry, ironic Delta blues reflection about learning when to stop explaining, stop arguing, and stop wasting breath on things that refuse to change.

This is the blues of experience — not anger. The kind that comes from knowing some lessons can’t be taught, only lived.



LYRICS

I tried once…
Didn’t take.
Tried twice…
Learned better.

Everybody got advice these days
Tellin’ you how to live, how to pray
Never walked a mile in your shoes
Still swear they got nothin’ to prove

Used to stop, try to explain
Draw it slow, real plain
But some folks nod just to hear
Then go right back to disappearin’ years

You can’t fix stupid
No matter how hard you try
You can talk all night
Still won’t reach that mind
You can’t fix stupid
Ain’t hate, ain’t rude
Just truth wearin’ boots
You can’t fix stupid

Town full of experts on everything
Never built nothin’, still runnin’ their mouth again
Sound real smart in a borrowed tone
Quotin’ things they never owned

Back then I’d waste my breath
Try to save ‘em from themselves
Now I just sip and sit
Let ‘em trip over their own damn wit

You can’t fix stupid
Ain’t worth the sweat
Some lessons gotta hurt
Before they’re ever met
You can’t fix stupid
No wrench, no glue
I learned the hard way
It ain’t my job to

Two men fightin’ ‘bout who’s to blame
Both lost, both feel the same
Pointin’ fingers, missin’ the mark
Arguin’ loud in the dark

I used to jump in, break it up
Try to clean a spill with an empty cup
Now I just lean back, shake my head
Some walls only talk after you hit ‘em instead

You can’t fix stupid
But you can walk away
Save your nights
Save your days
You can’t fix stupid
Ain’t cruel, ain’t mean
It’s just somethin’
I don’t carry with me

I still believe in learnin’
Still believe in change
But some folks love the fire
More than gettin’ out the flames

So if I smile and don’t engage
If I let silence take the stage
Don’t think I missed the point or quit
I just learned what can’t be fixed

You can’t fix stupid
But you can fix your peace
Quit bangin’ on doors
That won’t ever speak
You can’t fix stupid
So I set it free
That problem ain’t mine
It ain’t followin’ me

Some things don’t need fightin’…
Just distance.