[Verse 1]
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 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

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
'Cause it takes a fool to remain sane
It takes a fool to remain sane
It takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, in this world all covered up in shame

[Verse 2]
Oh, 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
[Chorus]
That it takes a fool to remain sane
It takes a fool to remain sane
It takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, in this world all covered up in shame

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket
Take it jackpot, crackpot, strutting like a peacock
Nailvarnish Arkansas, shimmy-shammy feather boa
Crackpot haircut, dye your hair in glowing red and blue

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus]
Fool to remain sane
It takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, in this world all covered up in shame
It takes a fool, it takes a fool to remain sane
It takes a fool, a fool to remain sane

[Outro]
Oh, do, 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
Do, 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