-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
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 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 that?

 ´Cause they´ve forgotten how to play
 maybe they´re afraid to feel ashamed
 to seem strange
 to seem insane
 to seem gay
 to gain weight
 - I tell you this:

 That it takes a fool to remain sane
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 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
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 In this world all covered up in shame
 It takes a fool to remain sane,
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 It takes a fool to remain sane
 In this world all covered up in shame.