Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales). After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.
Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. "I Wanna Love My Life Away" hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.
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F#mC#maj7 Once there was a boy who left the bed he slept in. F#mC#maj7 And he ran away 'cause he felt life was cruel. DBm A killer of fools was walking close behind him. F#mC#mF# The boy was afraid that he'd be thought a fool.
DBm Oh the foolkiller is a giant they say. DGDD7 He chops down a fool and he goes on his wa-ay-ay. GF#mGF#m Better runaway boy was a runaway boy. GAF#m Very much like you.
So he climed the hills and roamed the woods and valleys. Just get up and go became his golden rule. A killer of fools was walking in the shadows. The boy was afraid that he'd be thought a fool.
Then there came a day a man and woman found him. Lovingly they smiled and then they called him son. No more did he fear that wicked old fool killer. I know that it's true because I was the one
Oh the foolkiller is a giant they say. He chops down a fool and he goes on his wa-ay-ay. Well who was the fool tell me the boy in his bed Or the boy who used to roam
Runaway boy listen, runaway boy better go on home.