fool s gold fool s gold you can t be a pearl if you don t fit the mold so you re gonna be shucked and you re gonna be sold fool s gold fool s gold pearls light and cold pearls false love false love oh don t tell a crow that he s really a dove he s still blue black when he looks in the mirror false love white tears false love white tears white black gold black gold you drill from the top and you pump from below then you buy all the pearls in the neighborhood store with black gold black gold pearls young and old pearls gold teeth gold smile you gotta be true and you gotta be mild you ve got long hair and the depth of a child gold locks gold eyes long life hard times hard fool s gold fool s gold if you can t have love you ll sleep all alone so you might die an old maid withered and prone false love false gold good pearls die old fools tired bones tired bones you can t go to heaven if you don t go alone but until you stroll to the alabaster throne tired bones tired bones pearls turned to stones fool s gold can still fool