Supertramp - Fool's Overture lyrics

(Long Intro).

Winston Churchill:

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 boat's put out to sea

Born on the wings of time

It seems 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 off his pride

Everyone was laughing

Up untill the day he died.

Ooh, 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.

(A choir sings on the background):

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 would be your last contribution?

Live it up and rip it up and why so lazy?

Give it out and dish it out and let's go crazy, yeah.