Merry Go Round

Hush was the first word you were taught
 And they watched you wear
 The clothes they claimed that they bought
 They brought you down
 To watch the merry-go around
 In fall, you knew how much it cost
 A trouble doll
 Around your neck when you lost
 You wouldn't make a sound
 But I could hear your little heart pound
 And I watched your feet slip off the ground
 Merry go round in dreams
 Writes 'em down, it seems
 When she sleeps, she's free
 Merry go round in dreams
 You wake to another day and find
 The wind's blowing out of key with your sky
 Only you can see
 And the rain dancing in the night
 Everybody stands around in delight
 Merry go round in dreams
 Writes 'em down, it seems
 When she sleeps, she's free
 Merry go round in dreams
 And everybody thinks she's sick
 
 She's got two worlds she can pick
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 And she's sad
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 Hush is the only word you know
 And I stopped listening long ago
 They ignored me with a smile
 You as a child
 But the trouble doll hears your heart pound
 And your feet they say goodbye to the ground
 Merry go round in dreams
 Writes 'em down, it seems
 When she sleeps, she's free
 Merry go round in dreams
 Merry go round in dreams
 Merry go round in me
 Merry go round
 Round and round in me
 Merry go round
 Round and round in me