YOU GO ROUND ABOUT
AND ROUND ABOUT
AND ROUND ABOUT YOU GO
FOR AN OLDEN SPELL IS WOUND ABOUT THE GAME
THEN IT'S RING AROUND AND SWING AROUND
YOUR PARTNERS AS YOU GO
BUT THEM MORE THEY CHANGE THE MORE THEY ARE THE SAME
WHEN THE DANCING IS DONE
YOU ARE BACK WHERE YOU STARTED
WHEN THE MUSIC BEGINS
IT PLAYS THE SAME OLD TUNE
THEN IT'S
ROUND ABOUT
AND ROUND ABOUT
AND ROUND ABOUT AGAIN
AS YOU PRAY AGAIN
EACH DAY AGAIN
TO SOAR
ON YOUR WAY AGAIN
IT'S ROUND ABOUT
ONCE MORE
I REMEMBER THE NAMES OF CHILDHOOD GAMES
WE PLAYED IN THE SETTING SUN
HIDE AND GO SEEK AND BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
AND RUN SHEEP RUN
THE OLDER I GROW
THE BETTER I KNOW
THAT LOVERS ARE KIDS AT PLAY
AND I AM FOREVER THE LAST ONE IN
WHEN MY LOVERS HAVE RUN AWAY
WHEN THE DANCING IS DONE
YOU ARE BACK WHERE YOU STARTED
WHEN THE MUSIC BEGINS
IT PLAYS THE SAME OLD TUNE
THEN IT'S
ROUND ABOUT AND ROUND ABOUT
AND ROUND ABOUT AGAIN
AS YOU PRAY AGAIN
EACH AGAIN
TO SOAR
ON YOUR WAY AGAIN
IT'S ROUND ABOUT
ONCE MORE

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