"Fool's Overture" jest utworem zamykającym 7 album grupy Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments. Napisany został przez lidera grupy,Rogera Hodgsona. Tematem jest druga wojna światowa. Utwór, który ma ponad 10 minut, to kolaż progresywnego rocka wykorzystujący dostępne na ówczesne czasy oprzyrządowanie służące do obróbki dźwięku.
W treść utworu Hodgson wkomponował dźwięki syren, samochodów, bicia dzwonów. Znalazł się tam też fragment słynnej mowy Churchilla w Izbie Gmin z 4 czerwca 1940 roku dotyczącej zaangażowania Wielkiej Brytanii w wojnę. Słychać też fragment „Venus” Gustawa Holsta (flet) z jego orkiestrowej suity The Planets, a także wersy poematu Williama Blake’a And did those feet In ancient time. W zakończeniu przewija się motyw utworu Dreamer z płyty Supertramp Breakfast in America.
Fool’s Overture jest najdłuższym utworem Supertramp. Wykonywany był wielokrotnie, także z udziałem orkiestry symfonicznej.
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History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
"To late," the prophets (profits) cry
The island's sinking, let's take to the sky
Called the man a fool, striped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing up until the day he died
And 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 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
Can you hear what I'm saying
Can yuu 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!"
While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
"To late," the prophets (profits) cry
The island's sinking, let's take to the sky
Called the man a fool, striped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing up until the day he died
And 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 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
Can you hear what I'm saying
Can yuu 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!"
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