Okay, so you're heartbroken You sit around mopin' Crying, 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 you that Everybody plays the fool How can you help it when the music starts to play And your ability to reason is swept away 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, everybody plays the fool Listen to me, baby Everybody plays the fool sometime (There's no exception to the rule) No exception to the rule It may be factual, may be cruel sometimes Everybody plays the fool Listen, listen, baby Everybody plays the fool