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Pity The Fool

from Carnival Of Fools by Blues Arcadia

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    Packed with love into a six-panel gatefold, given a twist on the cheek and a pat on the bum, then sent on it's way via the swift wings of Australia Post to it's new parents: you.

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    Screen-printed by hand with blood sweat and tears, then laundered and ironed and neatly folded by our own Chris Harvey. It's almost like wearing the band next to your skin.
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about

Pity The Fool concerns a self-centred someone, always screwing up relationships with people close to them regardless of the cost of dealing with their own toxic personality. Slinky bass lines and punchy drums from Jez and me, Harv's funky guitar and smooth Rhodes piano-playing from Parmis, and a whole lot of howling from Al. There’s a bonkers keys solo in the middle-eight that builds into a soulful half-time bridge, all underpinned by a melancholic music box piano sound. Then we wrap the song up as it started, with funky drums and that hooky guitar riff! - Casper (drums)

lyrics

Just the same, when you play your games
Never leave good enough alone
Such a shame, when you lay the blame
You build it just to burn it all down
What do I know
Pity the fool I am

Pity the fool who wants you now
Stay at home alone with the kids when you’re out on the town
Pity the fool who wants you now
Saving up his pennies while you’re selling it by the pound

Just the same, when you play your games
Never leave good enough alone
Such a shame, when you lay the blame
You build it just to burn it all down
What do I know
Pity the fool I am

I’m the one who loves you
Crying all the time, wishing you were mine
I’m the one who wants you
How can you be so cruel
Well you treat me like your fool

Pity the fool who loves you now
Pity the fool who loves you now

credits

from Carnival Of Fools, released March 1, 2019
Vocals - Alan Boyle
Guitars - Chris Harvey
Piano and keys - Parmis Rose
Bass - Jeremy Klysz
Drums - Casper Hall

Tenor saxophone - Shaun Ballagh
Trumpet - Clint Allen
Baritone saxophone - Alex Price

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Blues Arcadia Brisbane, Australia

Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival. ... more

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