Monday, March 31, 2008

Heads & Tails #13

This week's theme -- in honor of April 1 -- is "fool." The first thing that popped into my mind was "The Fool on the Hill," originally on the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour. I've heard Paul perform this live, and I'm still touched by the purity of his voice on the "round and round and round" part. (Dear God! I'm starting to sound like Paula Abdul on Idol!)

Here are the lyrics:

Day after day,
Alone on a hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he's just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,

But the fool on the hill,
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.

Well on the way,
Head in a cloud,
The man of a 1000 voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,

But the fool on the hill,
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.

And nobody seems to like him,
They can tell what he wants to do,
And he never shows his feelings,

But the fool on the hill,
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.

Ooh, ooh,
Round and round and round.

And he never listens to them,
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like him,

The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning 'round.

Ooh,
Round and round and round

For more information, or to play along yourself, visit the Heads or Tails site.

15 comments:

  1. Yep, this is a perfect post for this week's theme!!!

    Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday, my friend.

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  2. Anonymous6:54 PM

    Great take on the theme.

    and that is no April Fools.

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  3. I've never heard of this song before. Happy April Fools Day!

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  4. Anonymous8:35 PM

    I haven't listened to that song in a long time. I have Magical Mystery Tour-on vinyl-guess I'll have to figure out how to hook up the old turntable to listen to it. It's been a few years.

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  5. Anonymous9:34 PM

    I LOVE this song! Excellent choice!

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  6. Terrific song! LOL @ you sounded like Paula Abdul. You would have to add that he looked very nice. ;)

    *giggle* Your word verification is kssypo :)

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  7. I've always loved that song! Thanks for the lyrics!

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  8. Excellent. Indeed this is perfect!!!

    My April FOOL is posted. We're celebrating her 39th birthday today. Come on over if you can find some free time! Have a piece of cake, and enjoy the good story behind it all!!!

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  9. I've never paid much attention to the Beatles, so I had never heard of this song. It fits right in with the theme.

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  10. The Beatles - they're on my list of bands I need to learn more about! Thanks for the post and happy HoT!!! :-)

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  11. Oh, that's a good song!! Happy Tuesday. :)

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  12. I've never heard the song before, but I'm not a Beatles fan lol...

    Hope you have a great week!

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  13. Anonymous3:10 PM

    The perfect song for this week. Nice job.

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  14. I've been siging this in my mind this morning. Did you hear that? LOL!

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  15. I love the Beatles...they have had so many great songs. Its a shame they sold their song writes to Michael Jackson. He is hurting for money. You never know whats gonna happen....

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