FOOL ON THE HILL

Concept for a picture book based on the Beatles song "The Fool on the Hill" and the tarotcard "The Fool."

The three full page illustratons were entered in the international picturebook competition for unpublished illustrators by pblisher Lemniscaat called 'Picture This'.

concept and character sketches

Lyrics Fool on the Hill by the Beatles

Day after day

Alone on a hill

The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still

But nobody wants to know him

They can see that he's just a fool

And he never gives an answer

But the fool on the hill sees the Sun going down

And the eyes in his head see the world spinning 'round

Well on the way

Head in a cloud

The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud

But nobody ever hears him, or the sound he appears to make

And he never seems to notice

But the fool on the hill sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head see the world spinning 'round

And nobody seems to like him

They can tell what he wants to do

And he never shows his feelings

But the fool on the hill sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head see the world spinning 'round

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

'Round and 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round

He never listens to them

He knows that they're the fools

They don't like him

The fool on the hill sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head see the world spinning 'round

Oh, 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round and-

Oh, 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round