Okay, so your heart is broken Sittin' around moping, moping, moping, cryin', cryin' You say you're even thinkin' about dyin' Well, before you do anything rash, baby, listen to this Everybody plays the fool sometimes There's no exception to the rule Listen, baby, it may be factual, it may be cruel I ain't lyin' Everybody plays the fool Falling in love is such an easy thing to do But there's no guarantee that the one you love is gonna love you Oh, oh, oh, nothing I think cannot be A certain person could never be Love runs deeper than any ocean Clouds your mind with emotion Everybody plays a fool sometimes There's no exception to the rule Listen baby, it may be factual, it may be cruel I ain't lying, everybody plays a fool Ooh, ooh, ooh How can you help it when the music starts to play And your ability to reason is swept away Oh, oh, oh, heaven or life is all you see Out of touch with reality And now you cry, but when you do The next time around someone cries for you Hey, everybody plays a fool sometimes They use your heart just like a tool Listen baby, they never tell you so in school I wanna say it again Everybody plays a fool Everybody plays a fool sometimes There's no exception to the rule Listen baby, it may be factual, it may be cruel I ain't lying, everybody plays a fool Ooh, ooh, ooh Everybody plays a fool sometimes There's no exception to the rule Listen baby, it may be factual, it may be cruel I wanna say it again Everybody plays a fool Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh