Spin and Turn

Deep in the night a baby

Takes his first deep breath and cries

His momma’s tired and happy

Daddy’s head is in the skies

The fiddler resins up her bow

And the guitar tunes a string

The circle dancers part

To let another others join the ring

Spin and turn

Life goes on and on

Circles around the sun

Till the final dance is done

Spin and turn

We’ve been here and gone

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Spin and turn

Life goes on and on

Circles around the sun

Till the final dance is done

Spin and turn

We’ve been here and gone

Early in life the young man

Finds a woman who is wise

He takes her in his arms

And finds tomorrow in her eyes

They dance around the circle

Till the two of them are one

They do the dance of life

Until a new life has begun

Spin and turn

Life goes on and on

Circles around the sun

Till the final dance is done

Spin and turn

We’ve been here and gone

Old men telling children

Of the world when they were young

Children telling old men of their dreams

Mother, daughters, fathers, sons

Around and around, the circle runs

In streams

Till deep in the night an old man

Takes his final steps and sighs

Across the lake the music

Echoes to the midnight skies

While, deep within, the ancient song

Is rising in his breast

For him, the hour is late

And now it’s time he took his rest

Spin and turn

Life goes on and on

Circles around the sun

Till the final dance is done

Spin and turn

We’ve been here and gone

And deep in the night a baby

Takes her first breath and cries

Her momma’s tired and happy

Daddy’s head is in the skies

Spin and turn

Life goes on and on