Fool's Paradise - Oingo Boingo

On a quest

For the Holy Grail

Try and live

On razor’s edge

Find a mountain

Or cross a valley

Why bother?

It’s all for sale

True love was in her eyes

Burning truth was on her face

Even thought it was late at night

Saw her once;

there’s no mistake

Now that we’ve found this precious place

How do we keep from going crazy now?

My life was leading to this day

Watching the whole thing slip away

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise, anyhow

Dirty stains on brand-new linen

Fresh tracks on virgin snow

Caught a saint

While he was sinning

People scream

What do they know?

Turn it off and find religion

Tune it out and find a cause

Get it up and tell the world

Don’t stop;

don’t ever pause

Here is this place from all our dreams

It doesn’t seem to make us better now

If it will get us through the night

With all our conscience still intact

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise, anyhow

My life was leading to this day

Watching the whole thing slip away

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise, anyhow

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise

It’s just a fool’s paradise, anyhow

Two heads are better than one

Two hearts bleed so much more

Serious—but no one’s laughing

Why run when you can crawl

True love around the corner

Out of reach, so hard to hold

My life’s an open letter

Tear it up, throw it away