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Artist: Gene Clark
Canonical path: /gene-clark/life-s-greatest-fool
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Life's Greatest Fool
Read Life's Greatest Fool lyrics by Gene Clark on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Life's Greatest Fool
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Some walk out winners of those who've lost
Can it be said at any price this is the cost
Hard is perception, easier is blame
Is this the only life for everyone
Isn't it the same
Children laugh and run away
While others look into the darkness of the day
Some streets are easy while some are cruel
Could these be reasons why man
Is life's greatest fool
Do you believe when you're all alone
You held the key to your destiny gone
Do you believe in your soul
That too much loneliness makes you grow old
Words can be empty though filled with sound
Stoned numb and drifting, hard to be profound
Formed out of pleasure, chiselled by pain
Never the highest and not the last one to gain
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Gene Clark performs "Life's Greatest Fool", and this lyric page sits inside the Gene Clark catalog on LyroVerse.
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