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Carousel Ride Lyrics
I think I had more luck at my other job
The way to the top
Grab drinks at the bottom
Soldiers on the mantel
Pain in my side
Take a cheap spin and say it's all right
Starting little fires is my middle name
I smoke what I got when I can't relate
I got to fix my eyes on the future two thousand
Spins
Get myself fat and get myself thin
Trotting through life with occasional wins
Thought it'd be cool to calm my wits
Oops
On this ride I'm the captain
All my friends call me Shackleton with one eye
I ride high
Got magic wands and unicorns and action
Ooh
Round and round I go
Hoping for a miracle
Ain't got no place to run and hide
Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride
Just the way the stars align
It's not a reason to get blind
Oh
Take another spin on the carousel ride
I think I was a bird in another life
Maybe that's why I'm prone to flight
And I do like heights
When all the strongest winds are blowing my way
And the reaper comes to take my breath away
Yeah, I'll go
And I'll dance in the fire
And then I'll do it again
Round and round I go
Hoping for a miracle
Ain't got no place to run and hide
Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride
Just the way the stars align
It's not a reason to get blind
Oh
Take another spin on the carousel ride
Round and round I go
Hoping for a miracle
Ain't got no place to run and hide
Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride
Just the way the stars align
It's not a reason to get blind
Oh
Take another spin on the carousel ride
The way to the top
Grab drinks at the bottom
Soldiers on the mantel
Pain in my side
Take a cheap spin and say it's all right
I smoke what I got when I can't relate
I got to fix my eyes on the future two thousand
Spins
Trotting through life with occasional wins
Thought it'd be cool to calm my wits
Oops
All my friends call me Shackleton with one eye
I ride high
Got magic wands and unicorns and action
Hoping for a miracle
Ain't got no place to run and hide
Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride
Just the way the stars align
It's not a reason to get blind
Oh
Take another spin on the carousel ride
Maybe that's why I'm prone to flight
And I do like heights
And the reaper comes to take my breath away
Yeah, I'll go
And I'll dance in the fire
And then I'll do it again
Hoping for a miracle
Ain't got no place to run and hide
Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride
Just the way the stars align
It's not a reason to get blind
Oh
Take another spin on the carousel ride
Hoping for a miracle
Ain't got no place to run and hide
Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride
Just the way the stars align
It's not a reason to get blind
Oh
Take another spin on the carousel ride
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This song perfectly describes the constant battle for a work-life balance. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that constantly feels the amazing, never-ending stresses of work, providing for a family, paying a mortgage, making sure your kids are healthy & safe, being there emotionally for your wife, and all while putting your own needs on the backseat until you have time to deal with them.
Life. Am I right?!
"Round and round I go Hoping for a miracle Ain't got no place to run and hide Guess I'll take a spin on the carousel ride Just the way the stars align It's not a reason to get blind Oh Take another spin on the carousel ride"
Missing lyrics? I only know this song from their Tiny Desk Concert, which is hauntingly beautiful and I keep coming back to it.
In that version there's another verse, something like:
when all the strongest winds are blowin' my way and the Reaper comes to take my breath away yeah I'll go and I'll dance in the fire and then I'll do it again! <chorus>
Do they use those lines in other performances? It's kind of the climax to the whole song, in that Tiny Desk.