The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes lyrics

He came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool don't see
Tryin' hard to recreate
What had yet to be created once in her life
She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say
Only to realize it never really was


She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go



But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
Than nothing at all


Keeps sending him somewhere back
In her long ago
Where he can still believe there's
A place in her life someday, somewhere
She will return

She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
He's watching her go



But what a fool believes, he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
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)

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 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)