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Artist: Steely Dan
Track: Only A Fool Would Say That

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A world become one of salads and sun
Only a fool would say that
A boy with a plan, a natural man
Wearing a white Stetson hat

Unhand that gun begone
There's no one to fire upon
If he's holding it high
He's telling a lie

I heard it was you
Talking 'bout a world where all is free
It just couldn't be
And only a fool would say that

The man in the street dragging his feet
Don't wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your face there is his place
Standing inside his brown shoes

You do his nine to five
Drag yourself home half alive
And there on the screen
A man with a dream

I heard it was you
Talking 'bout a world where all is free
It just couldn't be
And only a fool would say that

Anybody on the street
Has murder in his eyes
You feel no pain
And you're younger than you realize
Only a fool would say that
Only a fool

I heard it was you
Talking 'bout a world where all is free
It just couldn't be
And only a fool would say that

Only a fool would say that
Only a fool would say that
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Steely Dan - Only A Fool Would Say That Lyrics
To me this song is about point of view and one man's utopia is another man's hell and that everything has a price or consequence, no such thing as " a world ...
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[Verse 1] / A world become one of salads and sun / Only a fool would say that / A boy with a plan, a natural man / Wearing a white Stetson hat / [Pre-Chorus] / Unhand that gun
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James Reyne – Only A Fool Would Say That
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