{"id":304,"date":"2016-01-12T23:58:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T23:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kjkmusic.co.uk\/?p=304"},"modified":"2016-01-12T23:58:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T23:58:07","slug":"the-happy-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/the-happy-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"The Happy Fool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Songs From The Age Of Human Error by Kerry Jackson-Kay<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s so hard not to take it to heart
\nWhen I’m left feeling stupid when I’m meant to be smart
\nWell, I’ve made up my mind
\nI’m going to leave it behind
\nAnd I’m not going to fake anymore
\nI don’t want to be rash, or be acting in haste
\nA mind’s such a terrible thing to waste
\nBut I’ve had enough
\nOf this pretentious stuff
\nAnd I’m not going to fake anymore<\/div>\n
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So I’ll appreciate the mainstream without irony
\nThe common denominator’s alright by me
\nI’ll get all my culture from celebrities
\nI’ll kick back and live vicariously
\nI’ll be the happy fool
\nI won’t care if you think I’m cool
\nAnd I’m not going to fake anymoreWhen trying to get it right it’s so easy to lose sight
\nAnd chase an ideal you so want to be real
\nWell, I’m not going to fake anymore
\nSelf image is such a bind
\nIt’ll sap all of your energy and monopolise your time
\nGiving all that you’ve got to be what you’re not
\nWell, I’m not going to fake anymore<\/p>\n

So I’ll watch Premiership football and reality TV
\nIf I feel like it I’ll play the lottery
\nI’ll vote on X-Factor and love BGT
\nBuy my clothes on the high street, drink regular tea
\nNo guilty pleasures, no sacred cows
\nQuoting books I’ve not read, I’m beyond all that now
\nI’ll be affected by marketing like everyone else
\nIncluding those who think they’re not
\nBut for now I’m just going to end
\nTrying to impress people who aren’t my friends
\nI’ll be the happy fool
\nI won’t care if you think I’m cool
\nAnd I’m not going to fake anymore<\/p>\n

Of course, there’s always a chance I could be wrong
\nWell in that case, I’ll just write another song
\nI’ll be the happy fool
\nI won’t care if you think I’m cool
\nAnd I’m not going to fake anymore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

credits<\/h3>\n
from Songs From The Age Of Human Error<\/a>, released November 7, 2015
\nWords and music by Kerry Jackson-Kay
\nPerformed and produced by Kerry Jackson-Kay<\/div>\n
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I’ve always known I’m not cool and probably never will be and while I tend to be pretty alternative in my tastes I don’t bear any grudge against any part of mainstream popular culture, good luck to anyone who puts the work in.\u00a0 While I can certainly be pretentious at times (often willfully so) to me the definition of pretention is to select things to like based entirely on how\u00a0 well they fit with perceived intellectual or ‘scene’ status.<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nHaving begun the album with the line “If\u00a0 having all the answers means no longer asking questions, then wisdom’s not all it’s cracked up to be”, I felt it rounded things off nicely to end it with the observation that “There’s always a chance I might be wrong\/well, in that case I’ll just write another song”.\u00a0 The reason I hope the Age Of Human Error never ends is because the alternative, an age where we’re all really, really certain of every aspect of a reality far too big and complex for any human to ever understand completely, is terrifying.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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