[Intro: Chaka Khan]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh yeah, yeah

[Verse 1: Chaka Khan]
Fool's paradise
Wasn't very nice
People living in the world for material things
Lovers a play for hearts
That's where the hatred starts
Causin' harm and replacin' the joy true love can bring

[Chorus: Chaka Khan]
It's just a fool's paradise
It's just a fool's paradise
Wasn't very nice
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh yeah, yeah, yeah)
(And you don't know)

[Verse 2: Chaka Khan]
Just like a concrete dream
Fool's paradise is strange
People buying time don't seem like a natural thing
Souls are lost to sea
Souls that will never be
Returning to this place of living misery
[Chorus: Chaka Khan]
It's a fool's paradise
It's just a fool's paradise
Wasn't very nice
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Fool's

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus: Chaka Khan]
Fool's paradise
(Ooh, it's just a) Fool's paradise
Wasn't very nice
No, no, no, no, no, no
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

[Verse 3: Chaka Khan]
Souls are lost to sea
Souls that will never be
Returning to this place of living misery

[Outro: Chaka Khan]
Fool's paradise (Fool's)
Wasn't very nice (No, no, no)
Fool's paradise (No)
Wasn't very nice (No, yeah)
Fool's paradise (Fool's, fool's)
Wasn't very nice (Said no)
Fool's paradise
Wasn't very nice (Oh, fool's)
Fool's paradise
Wasn't very nice