Okay, so your heart broken
You sit around moping, crying and crying
You say you're even thinking about dying
Well, before you do anything rash, dig this

Everybody plays the fool sometime
There's no exception to the rule
Listen, baby, it may be factual, may be cruel
I ain't lying, everybody plays the fool

Falling in love is such an easy thing to do
And there's no guarantee that
The one you love is gonna love you

Oh, loving eyes they cannot see
A certain person could never be
Love runs deeper than any ocean
It clouds your mind with emotion

Everybody plays the fool, sometime
There's no exception to the rule
Listen, baby, it may be factual, may be cruel

I wanna tell ya
But everybody plays the fool

How can you help it
When the music starts to play
And your ability to reason is swept away

Oh, oh, heaven on earth is all you see
You're out of touch with reality
And now you cry but when you do
Next time around someone cries for you

Everybody plays the fool, sometime
They use your heart just like a tool
Listen, baby, they never tell you so in school

I wanna say it again
And everybody plays the fool

Listen to me baby

Everybody plays the fool, sometime
[No exception to the rule] No exception to the rule
It may be factual, may be cruel, sometime
But everybody plays the fool

Listen, listen baby

Everybody plays the fool