Like the summer breeze
She came as a surprise and danced with me
And as we spun around
I lost my feet fell love-sick on the ground

Chorus:
Each time I've believed
Love has proved to be
A fool's parade
Lost in this masquerade
Marching in line trying hard to keep time with my broken heart beat
Fool's parade
Cries the band as it plays
And love makes it retreat
Every step of my feet
Sends it away
Hear the crowd point and say
It's a fool's parade

Lying next to me
I would hold her close and listen to her breath
One dark morning she was gone
Found out I had played the fool all along

(Chorus)

How I wish I could believe
When our princess waves at me
That my true love has been found
But someone's always just behind
To get the wave I thought was mine
I always played a clown

A fool's parade
Lost in this masquerade
Marching in line trying hard to keep time with my broken heart beat
Fool's parade
Cries the band as it plays
And love makes it retreat
Every step of my feet
Sends it away
Hear the crowd point and say
It's a fool's parade