The Doobie Brothers - What a fool believes
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[Verse 1]
He came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool don't see
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Tryin' hard to recreate what had yet to be created once in her life
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She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say
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Only to realize it never really was
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[Pre-chorus]
She had a place in his life
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He never made her think twice
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As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go
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[Chorus]
But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
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What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
Than nothing at all
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[Verse 2]
Keeps sending him somewhere back in her long ago
Where he can still believe there's a place in her life
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Someday, somewhere
She will return
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Pre-chorus]
She had a place in his life
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He never made her think twice
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As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go
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[Chorus]
But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
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What seems to be
(If love can come and love can go, then why can't love return once more?)
Is always better than nothing
(Who got the power?)
Than nothing at all (Oh, now)
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What a fool believes
(I believe she's never gone away) he sees
No wise man has the power (to reason away)
To reason away
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What seems to be
(Oh, if love can come and love can go, oh, mama)
Is always better than nothing (better than nothing)
Than nothing at all (oh, I believe)
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