(timmy tappan/don roth)

if i only knew then what i know now
you wouldn´t be sayin´ goodbye
but i let you down, i was never around
when you needed me there by your side
i took a perfect love & gave you a perfect heartache
i took a band of gold & made a 24-carat mistake
& turned it into...

chorus:
fool´s gold, yes i was a fool ´cause i let you go
fool´s gold, yes i was a fool ´cause i didn´t know
too many times i just didn´t try
now all i hear is you sayin´ goodbye
starin´ at an empty hand full of fool´s gold

if i´d spent the time just holdin´ you tight
& sharin´ my feelings with you
then you´d understand what´s inside of this man
& you´d know what i´m goin´ through
i know that i was wrong now that it´s too late
i took a band of gold & made a 24-carat mistake
& turned it into...

(chorus)