Round And Round (It Won't Be Long)

Album: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
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  • Round and round and round we spin,
    To weave a wall to hem us in,
    It won't be long, it won't be long
    How slow and slow and slow it goes,
    To mend the tear that always shows.
    It won't be long, it won't be long.

    It's hard enough losin'
    the paper illusion
    you've hidden inside,
    Without the confusion
    of findin' you're usin'
    the crutch of the lie
    To shelter your pride when you cry.

    Round and round and round we spin,
    To weave a wall to hem us in,
    It won't be long, it won't be long
    How slow and slow and slow it goes,
    To mend the tear that always shows.
    It won't be long, it won't be long.

    Now you're movin' too slow
    and wherever you go
    there's another beside.
    It's so hard to say no
    to yourself and it shows
    that you're losing inside,
    When you step on your pride and you cry.

    Round and round and round we spin,
    To weave a wall to hem us in,
    It won't be long, it won't be long
    How slow and slow and slow it goes,
    To mend the tear that always shows.
    It won't be long, it won't be long.

    How the hours will bend
    through the time that you spend
    till you turn to your eyes,
    And you see your best friend
    looking over the end
    and you turn to see why,
    And he looks in your eyes and he cries.

    Round and round and round we spin,
    To weave a wall to hem us in,
    It won't be long, it won't be long
    How slow and slow and slow it goes,
    To mend the tear that always shows.
    It won't be long, it won't be long. Publisher: WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC
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Comments: 2

  • Anonymous from WisconsinRobin Lane's vocals are what carry this song into the end zone. Too bad she and Neil didn't do more together.
  • AnonymousI have been listening to this song for 30 years. Haunting and mesmerizing.
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