- MERRY-GO ROUND, MY ONLY FRIEND, YET
I'M ALWAYS PRAYING FOR THIS RIDES END,
BUT YOU KEEP SPINNING ,AND I KEEP DREAMING
WHY WON'T YOU STOP OR SLOW RIGHT DOWN,
YET YOU KEEP TURNING - MY DREAMS ARE BURNING
AND IF I TAME THEM I JUST MIGHT DROWN,
DROWN IN SADNESS AM I A JESTER, PITY
THY FOOL IN A KINGS CROWN, THEY PITY FOOLS
BUT NEVER CLOWNS,YOU KEEP ME STILL
AND YET STILL KEEP ME - SPINNING ROUND..
- OH MY ONE FRIEND - MERRY-GO ROUND,
SOON I CAN FEEL-IT I'LL TRY TO LEAP A GROUND,
I KNOW I'LL TUMBLE, I KNOW I'LL SURELY FALL
SOONER OR LATER YOUR SPIN WILL TAKE IT'S TOLL
AND AS MY CROWN WILL PLUNGE - AND SHATTER,
I KNOW THAT MOST WON'T HURT NOR CARE OR BLINK
THE REST WILL ASK BEWILDERED WHAT EXACTLY DID IT MATTER.?
AND I GUESS IT MATTERS NOT - FOR THERE WILL NEVER BE CROWDS GATHERED
THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN LIFE, AND NOT TOO MANY TEARS WILL FALL
AND EVEN YOU WILL KEEP ON SPINNING, FOR YOUR RIDE IT CAN NOT STALL,
IT WILL NOT STOP NOT FOR A SECOND, MOMENT OF SILENCE YOU CAN'T DO
AND ALL MY LIFE WITH YOUR WILD SPINNING, STILL -
'THIS' I'LL NEVER PUT ON YOU, I CAN NEVER PUT ON YOU
- MERRY-GO ROUND, NOW COMES THE TIME
MY EYES ARE OPEN, IN SYNC WITH HEART AND MIND
I TAKE A STEP BACK AND PREPARE TO LEAP - BUT STUMBLE
STUMBLE IN MY THOUGHTS OF SOULS THAT HAVE IT WORSE
YET IN THEIR DESPONDENT SPINS - REMAINED QUITE HUMBLE,
AND PITY FOR MYSELF I CAN NOT - WILL NOT DO,
AND SADNESS THAT I HOLD, COULD IT BE I'M CONFINING IT FOR YOU,
MY CROWN AND JESTERS HAT - WELL THEY'VE NOW COUPLED
AND MY SELF PITY, A DISGRACE SUBDUED, COMES TO AN END
I THOUGHT I WAS AFRAID TO JUMP OR SLIP OR FALTER
BUT AM I JUST AFRAID TO LEAVE MY PROMINENT FRIEND..
MERRY-GO ROUND...MY ONLY FRIEND..IT SEEMS, UNTIL THE BITTER END
- BUT WHAT A FRIEND YOU'VE BEEN MERRY-GO ROUND
KEPT ME ENSLAVED, AFRAID - WHILE NEVER SLOWING DOWN
NOT GIVING ME A CHANCE TO BREATHE ANYTHING IN
I'M BROKEN BEYOND BROKEN, OH GOD WHERE DO I BEGIN
BEGIN TO FIX TO MEND TO RIGHT MY SINFUL WRONGS
TO SEE WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE SEE HOW MY HEART LONGS
A CRAVE, AN ITCH, A LUST, A WISH, A YEARN, A PRAY, MY PLEAD
THIS FINAL HEARTFELT FAREWELL TO YOU NOW - I MUST BID
FOR IF I TAKE TOO LONG AND LAPSE OR STUTTER,
IT WILL ALL CAVE IN ON ME SEE FOR MY PRAYERS - NO LONGER MATTER,
SO NOW I'LL CLOSE MY EYES AND BEG YOU - FOR MY PAIN TO EASE
ASK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR HELP WITH THIS DESEASE,
DESEASE THAT KEPT ME STUMBLING, TRIPPING, FALLING DOWN,
DESEASE I THOUGHT OF AS MY ONLY FRIEND.....
MERRY GO ROUND..................................
