Lyrics to
Fool’s Overture

This version of Fool’S Overture was released by Supertramp in 1977.

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History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody’s sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
“Too late,” the prophets cry
The island’s sinking, let’s take to the sky

Called the man a fool, striped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing up until the day he died
And though the wound went deep
Still he’s calling us out of our sleep
My friends, we’re not alone
He waits in silence to lead us all home

So tell me that you find it hard to grow
Well I know, I know, I know
And you tell me that you’ve many seeds to sow
Well I know, I know, I know

Can you hear what I’m saying
Can you see the parts that I’m playing
“Holy Man, Rocker Man, Come on Queenie,
Joker Man, Spider Man, Blue Eyed Meanie”
So you found your solution
What will be your last contribution?
“Live it up, rip it up, why so lazy?
Give it out, dish it out, let’s go crazy,
Yeah!”

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Supertramp has released many songs over the years besides Fool’S Overture. Supertramp released songs from 1970 to 2002 spanning across albums like Supertramp, Indelibly Stamped, Crime Of The Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even In The Quietest Moments..., Breakfast In America, ...Famous Last Words..., Brother Where You Bound, Free As A Bird, Some Things Never Change, and Slow Motion. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Supertramp.

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About Lyrics and Fool’S Overture by Supertramp

When you decide to study the lyrics to Fool’S Overture, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Supertramp. Some of the lyrics to Fool’S Overture have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Supertramp and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Fool’S Overture if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Overture" means the words set to the music of Fool’S Overture, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Supertramp. 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 Overture and the lyrics to Fool’S Overture are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Supertramp who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fool’S Overture, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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