The Ark - It Takes a Fool To Remain Sane

[Verse 1]Whatever happened to the funky raceA generation lost in pace?Wasn't life supposed to be more than this?In this kiss, I'll change your bore for my blissLet go of my hand and it will slip on the sandIf you don't give me the chanceTo break down the walls of attitudeI ask nothing of youNot even your gratitude[Verse 2]And if you think I'm cornyThen it will not make me sorryIt's your right to laugh at meAnd in turn, that's my opportunityTo feel brave[Verse 3]Because ridicule is no shameOh, it's just a way to eclipse hateIt's just a way to put my back straightOh, it's just a way to remain sane[Verse 4]Every morning, I would see her getting off the busThe picture never drops, it's like a multicoloured snapshotStuck in my brain, it kept me saneFor a couple of years, as it drenched my fearsOf becoming like the othersWho become unhappy mothersAnd fathers of unhappy kidsAnd why is that?'Cause they've forgotten how to playOr maybe they're afraid to feel ashamedTo seem strange, to seem insaneTo gain weight, to seem gayI tell you this:[Verse 5]That it takes a fool to remain saneOh, it takes a fool to remain saneOh, it takes a fool to remain saneOh, in this world all covered up in shame[Verse 6]Oh, take it to the stage[Verse 7]So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacketTake it jackpot, crackpot, strutting like a peacockNail varnish, Arkansas, shimmy-shammy feather boaCrackpot, haircut dye your hair in glowing red and blue[Verse 8]Do, do, do, what you wanna doDon't think twice, do what you have to doDo, do, do, do, let your heart decideWhat you have to do, that's all there is to find[Verse 9]'Cause it takes a fool to remain saneOh, it takes a fool to remain saneOh, in this world all covered up in shame[Verse 10]Oh, it takes a fool to remain saneOh, it takes a fool to remain saneOh, it takes a fool to remain saneOh, in this world all covered up in shameOh, it takes a fool-