STATUE OF A FOOL
(Jan Crutchfield)


Jack Greene - 1969
Ferlin Husky - 1971
Brian Collins - 1974
David Ruffin - 1975
Bill Medley - 1979
B.J. Thomas - 1981
Jimmy Riley - 1981
Ricky Van Shelton - 1989
Frankie Paul - 1999
Bill Turner - 2000
Mike & Steve Broussard - 2006
Freddy B - 2007
Honky Tonk Confidential - 2007
Will Downing - 2009

Also recorded by: 
Don Cherry; Lee Sims; Dr. Tom.......and others.





Somewhere there should be
For all the world to see
A statue of a fool made of stone

An image of a man
Who let love slip through his hands
And then just let him stand there all alone

And there on his face
A gold tear should be placed
To honour a million tears he's cried

And the hurt in his eyes would show
So everyone would know
Concealed is a broken heart inside

So build a statue and, Lord, build it high
So that all can see
Then inscribe the worlds greatest fool
And name it after me







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2011)