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Artist: Sam Cooke
Canonical path: /sam-cooke/fool-s-paradise
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Fool's Paradise
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Fool's Paradise
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I often think off the live I've led
And O, It's a wonder, I ain't dead
Drinking and gambling
staying out all night
Living is a fool's paradise
My mother told me and my father told me too
Said my child, it's all catch up with you
Drinking and gambling
Staying out all night
Living in a fool's paradise
Though I've learned my lesson
like all fools I've met
O, I've learned things in this life
That I haven't forgotton yet
My father told me, my mother said it right
Said my son, you're ruining your life
Drinking and Gambling
Staying out all night
Living in a fool's paradise
Oh yeah, living in a fool's paradise
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Sam Cooke performs "Fool's Paradise", and this lyric page sits inside the Sam Cooke catalog on LyroVerse.
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