[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