It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane (original mix) - The Ark

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

But let go off 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

nailvarnish Arkansas

shimmy-shammy featherboah 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 fool!