Spoken:
OK, so your heart broke.
You sit around mopin', cryin' an' cryin'.
You say you even thinkin' about dyin'?
Well, before you do anything rash, dig this.

Sung:
Everybody plays the fool sometime.
There's no exception to the rule.
Listen, baby, it may be factual, may be cruel,
I ain't lyin', everybody plays the fool.
(Woo-woo-ooo.)

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, lovin' eyes they cannot see,
A certain person could never be.
Love runs deeper than any ocean,
And 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 this: everybody plays the fool.
(Woo-woo-ooo, woo, woo-ooo-ooo.)

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're through,
The next time around someone cries for you.

Everybody plays the fool, sometime,
They use your heart just like a tool.
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/6k45Listen, 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.
(No exception) No exception to the rule.
It may be factual, may be cruel sometime.
And everybody plays the fool.
Listen, listen, baby,
Fade.
Everybody plays the fool sometime.
Use your heart just like a tool...

EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL1
Written by: James Bailey, Rudy Clark & Kenneth Williams
Performed by: The Main Ingrediant23-1970
Appears on: The Main Ingredient L.T.D.-1970, Bitter Sweet-1972, Golden
Classics-1990, A Quiet Storm-1996, Greatest Hits: The Encore Collection-2000,
Old School Soul, Vol. 2 (Various Artists)-20005, Greatest Hits-2004, The
Spinning Around: Singles (1967-1975)-2007, et al.

1"Everybody Plays the Fool," hit #2 on the R&B charts and #3 on the pop
charts to become the group's biggest hit ever.

2Covered by: Ben E. King, Aaron Neville, Clarence Carter Chosen Few, Cuba
Gooding (solo), et al.

3Band members: Donald McPherson: Songwriting, lead vocals.
Cuba Gooding, Sr4., replaced McPherson who died of leukemia in 1970.
Luther Simmons, Jr.: Harmony vocals.
Tony Silvester: Harmony vocals.

4Cuba Gooding left the Ingredient in 1977 for a solo career. His sons, Cuba
Gooding, Jr. and Omar Gooding are film and TV actors.

5Transcribed from the track on this album.