It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane

Whatever happened to the funky race?

A generation lost in pace

Wasn't life supposed to be more than this?

In this kiss, I'll change your bore for my bliss

Let go of my hand and it will slip out

In the sand if you don't give me the chance

To break down the walls of attitude

I ask nothing of you

Not even your gratitude



And if you think I'm corny

Then it will not make me sorry

It's your right to laugh at me

And in turn, that's my opportunity

To feel brave



Because ridicule is no shame

Oh it's just a way to eclipse hate

It's just a way to put my back straight

Oh it's just a way to remain sane



Every morning I would see her getting off the bus

The picture never drops it's like a multicoloured snapshot

Stuck in my brain it kept me sane

For a couple of years as it drenched my fears

Of becoming like the others

Who become unhappy mothers

And fathers of unhappy kids

And why is that?

'Cause they've forgotten how to play

Or maybe they're afraid to feel ashamed

To seem strange, to seem insane

To gain weight, to seem gay

I tell you this:



That it takes a fool to remain sane

Oh It takes a fool to remain sane

Oh It takes a fool to remain sane

Oh In this world all covered up in shame



Oh, take it to the stage!



So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket

Take it jackpot, crackpot, strutting like a peacock

Nail Varnish, Arkansas, shimmy-shammy feather boa

Crackpot haircut dye your hair in glowing red and blue



Do, do, do, what you wanna do

Don't think twice, do, what you have to do

Do, do, do, do, let your heart decide

What you have to do, that's all there is to find



'Cause it takes a fool to remain sane

Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane

Oh, in this world all covered up in shame

Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane

Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane

Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane

Oh, in this world all covered up in shame

Oh, it takes a fooool...