Supertramp - Fool's Overture (Audio)

Lyrics

We shall go on till the end...
We shall fight on the seas and oceans...
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be...
We shall never surrender!

History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Born 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, stripped him of his pride
Oh, everyone was laughing up until the day he died
Oh, 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 you 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
(distant choir sings 'Jerusalem' almost inaudibly)
And was the Holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

Dreamer...

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!"

[squonk]

Totally agree with comments . I don't think most people understand how cool this band really is. I am 58 years old. Such timeless music.

[michaelclarke]

This song still makes the hairs on my neck stand on end, even after 45 years. What a masterpiece !

[paulomauriciorpinto]

O triste é saber que não teremos mais músicas como essa

[lcdubs]

Having ads pop up in the middle of this song is a f*&$ing crime, pure and simple.

[patrickstrubert]

Roger Hodgson is an artistic genius and did not receive the credit he deserved. Why is Supertramp not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[ccjebr]

2024 I am trasported to my 1979 Eastvan basement suite A lonely 18 year old . Sad music cheered me up. Helped to avert suicide. 65 now. Ocasionaly listen to the past. mixed felings.

[GriefTourist]

The sheer quality, quantity and range of English rock and pop back then is absolutely mind-blowing.

[PeterLGଈ]

Supertramp wrote the soundtrack to that period of my life when I left my teens behind. I still kick back with headphones and relive those days.

[marquonuk]

The best song they ever recorded, and ironically most people will never have heard of it, or heard it. A complete masterpiece, mixing moody orchestration and sound effects that I've listened to more times than I can remember.

[stuartmiller]

Loved Supertramp since the early now 54 and still listen to the same music, this never gets old...music keeps you feeling young beautiful song.

[monteevans]

After Breakfast in America, in 1979, I was hooked and bought every Supertramp Album I could find....

[lokro]

La voix, le piano, les arrangements subtils… l’irruption de Churchill… un chef d’œuvre anglais universel et intemporel.

[victoriacorcoran]

From start to finish this album is gold.

[Grizzled]

One of the 100 greatest musical compositions of all time!

[Vasily_dont_be_silly]

This song is an absolute masterpiece. Makes you feel like time stopped, you've put life to a pause and now you look at humanity and its history from an elevated perspective. What a song!

[beatrixxxkiddo]

This was my fathers favorite supertramp song, after a long battle with cancer he passed away, I will always remember him and this song.
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon dad, love you.

[richardschambach]

Ich bin 62. Diese LP mit dem Lied auf einem Plattenspieler mit nur einem Lautsprecher war damals schon berauschend.

[claudiaeikampstrauch]

Ich bin inzwischen 64 Jahre alt und dieses Song ist immer noch eines, meiner Lieblingslieder.
Ein Meisterwerk.

[patpeterson]

This album .... fucking wow nothing today even comes close to this artistry

[randilevson]

Goosebumps!! This isn't a song. It is an EVENT for anyone who was a teenager when this album came out. Takes me back to those uncertain, exciting, full of possibility days. The promise of a future is predicated on Supertramp's tribute to the past. This masterpiece takes my breath away, and it will always do that, no matter how old I get.