It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane - 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 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 oppurtunity

To feel brave

'Cause 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

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 this?

'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, 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