UB40

Released: March 15, 2019

Songwriter: James Stephen Brown Brian Travers Duncan Campbell Earl Falconer Laurence Parry Martin Meredith Norman Hassan Robin Campbell Tony Mulings

Producer: Jamie Travers UB40

Poor fool
Poor fool
Poor fool
Poor fool

He's worked for minimum wage
Even survived the dole
But he doesn't owe a penny
To a living soul
Poor fool

He doesn't drive a big car
Or wear designer clothes
He tries hard to save a little
But a little soon goes
Poor fool

Any millionaire would tell him
He should forget his foolish pride
And take the whole world for a ride
But he's a fool (Poor fool)
He's a fool (Poor fool)

Poor fool
Poor fool
Poor fool
Poor fool

He'd never steal from you
He wouldn't tell you a lie
Even people that don't like him
Say he's straight as a die
Poor fool

He always pays all his bills
His tax is payed
There's no plastic in his pocket
Only paper money
Poor fool

And the bankers they would tell him
He should forget his foolish pride
And take the whole world for a ride
But he's a fool (Poor fool)
He's a fool (Poor fool)

Poor fool
Poor fool
Poor fool
Poor fool

Never a borrower be
He learned that way back in school
But now you can't get educated
If you don't break that rule
Poor fool

He did his best for his boys
But they're so different to him
They already owe a fortune
And they're not yet men
Poor fool

And Mistra know it all would tell him
He should forget his foolish pride
And take the whole world for a ride
But he's a fool (Poor fool)
He's a fool (Poor fool)

Poor fool
Any millionaire would tell him
He's a fool (Poor fool)
And the bankers they would tell him
He's a fool (Poor fool)
And Mistra know it all would tell him
He's a fool (Poor fool)

He's a fool
He's a fool
He's a fool (Poor fool)

He's a fool
He's a fool
He's a fool (Poor fool)

He's a fool
He's a fool
He's a fool (Poor fool)

He's a fool
He's a fool
He's a fool (Poor fool)

He's a fool
He's a fool

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records. The ethnic make-up of the band’s original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut “Food for Thought”, “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band’s version of “I Got You Babe”. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

On January 24, 2008, it was announced that Ali Campbell would be leaving the group after 30 years. It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that Maxi Priest would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” with the band.

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