Filk: "The Fool On the Show"

Filk: The Fool on the Show
(To the tune of "The Fool On the Hill", by the Beatles)
Music and original lyrics © 1967 by Lennon-McCartney.

Day after day
Alone in a wood
The man with the foolish grin is trying hard to do good

But nobody wants to see him
They can tell that he's just a fool
And he never changes their mind

But the fool on the show
Knows the Gods in the sky
And the heart in his chest
Tells him always to try

Now, with his friends
Following proud
The man with a dozen brain cells talking perfectly loud

But nobody wants to hear him
Or the sound that he always makes
And he never seems to notice

But the fool on the show
Knows the Gods in the sky
And the heart in his chest
Tells him always to try

And nobody seems to like him
They say he's only in the way
And they never hide their feelings

But the fool on the show
Knows the Gods in the sky
And the heart in his chest
Tells him always to try

[Instrumental solo]

He mustn't listen to them
The truth is that they're the fools
They don't like him

The fool on the show
Knows the Gods up above
And the thoughts in his head
Keep his heart full of love