Lyrics to
Fool’s Gold

This version of Fool’S Gold was released by Thin Lizzy in 1976.

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In the year of the famine
When starvation and black death raged across the land
There were many driven by their hunger
To set sail for the Americas

In search of a new life and a new hope
Oh but there were some who couldn’t cope
And they spent their life
In search of fool’s gold

The old prospector
He makes it to the four lane highway
His old compadre
Lies dead in the sand

With outstretched hands
He cries, “Are you going my way?”
The people passing by don’t seem to understand
The curse of fool’s gold

Broken Joe just lying in a gutter
He’s gone as low as any man can be
He calls for wine but they’ll only serve him water
The bartender say “We don’t sell sympathy”

He tells a strange story
About his father
How Sunday mornings they’d go down
To the church on the corner

As time grows older
His thoughts they grow younger
It is his wish
To search no longer for fool’s gold

The vulture sits on top
Of the big top circus arena
He’s seen this show before
Knows someone is going to fall

Just near the part
Where the beautiful dancing tightrope ballerine
Forgets that the safety net
Isn’t there at all

Down he swoops with claws drawn to take her
Razor sharp so savagely is she mauled
Oh my god, is there no one who can save her?
In steps the fox to thunderous applause

Fool’s gold

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About Lyrics and Fool’S Gold by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics to Fool’S Gold are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Thin Lizzy used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Fool’S Gold have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Thin Lizzy and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Fool’S Gold by Thin Lizzy. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Fool’S Gold" means the words set to the music of Fool’S Gold, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Fool’S Gold and the lyrics to Fool’S Gold are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fool’S Gold, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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