Song

The Fool On The Hill

Release date: 27 November 1967

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 thousand 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.

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.

He never listens to them,
He knows that they're the fools,
They don't like him.
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round.

"The Fool on the Hill"
Song by the Beatles from the album Magical Mystery Tour
Released 27 November 1967 (US LP)
8 December 1967 (UK EP)
19 November 1976 (UK LP)
Recorded 25 September 1967
Genre Psychedelic pop, folk
Length 3:00
Label Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Magical Mystery Tour track listing
11 tracks
Side one
  1. "Magical Mystery Tour"
  2. "The Fool on the Hill"
  3. "Flying"
  4. "Blue Jay Way"
  5. "Your Mother Should Know"
  6. "I Am the Walrus"
Side two
  1. "Hello, Goodbye"
  2. "Strawberry Fields Forever"
  3. "Penny Lane"
  4. "Baby, You're a Rich Man"
  5. "All You Need Is Love"

"The Fool on the Hill" is a song by the Beatles. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and recorded in 1967. It was included on the Magical Mystery Tour EP and album, and presented in the Magical Mystery Tour film, with a promotional sequence shot near Nice, in France from 30-31 October 1967.

©1967 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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