[Verse]
Down in the valley where shadows play
Lived a joker with a price to pay
Cards in his pocket dreams in flight
Smiling through the darkest night
[Verse]
He danced with the moon sang to the stars
Chasing fireflies ignoring scars
Hearts in his hands like falling leaves
Believing every wild reprieve
[Chorus]
Oh what a tale of a fool so grand
Building castles out of sand
He'd laugh at storms and kiss the wind
A gypsy soul that wouldn't bend
[Verse]
Luck was fleeting like whispers lost
He'd chase it not counting the cost
With broken dreams and laughter loud
A fool's tale under a wandering cloud
[Bridge]
Sometimes wisdom hides in jest
Lessons learned from life's arrest
For every fool's heart that dared to leap
There's a treasure buried deep
[Chorus]
Oh what a tale of a fool so grand
Building castles out of sand
He'd laugh at storms and kiss the wind
A gypsy soul that wouldn't bend