Randoms by Rach

The Fool On The Hill

The Fool On The Hill
Album: Magical Mystery Tour, 1967
Lead vocalist: Paul




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 around
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
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 (oh oh oh)
'Round and 'round and '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
Oh ('round and 'round and 'round and 'round)
Oh

The inspiration for this song, according to Paul, came from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the band’s meditation teacher and guru. He had a giggle that he often let go, and this gave those who didn’t know him the impression that he was a bit of a fool. And from there, the song was born.

I don’t have any other pearls of wisdom about this song. I just like it. I can’t honestly verbalise why; I just do.