Merry Go Round Lyrics

Victoria Williams Merry Go Round

Inside is outside
Everywhere no one can hide
Sitting in the door jamb
There was a quiet figuring man
Unused to embellishments
Acquired from establishment
But he was wise in ethics?
Beyond the wide intelligence
His actions were his words
From one simple herd of autos on the freeway
There came one wobbly swan
Enthusiastic hurrah!
????? from far away
In the middle of the fiery day
She turned and made her getaway
Ohh she found the good deed in the sun
Purple green and yellow
Yeah she told me she would like to hold
A truthful little fellow
Not knowing what he'd done
Yeah they melted in the fun
Whoa and many came to wallow in the puddle
Whoa the key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the fairy tale is the fairy

That sat on the bridge between happy and scary
The key to the merry go round is the merry
Lost and found on common ground
The rescue on the ladder must be ???
Instead they got the brushes out
Began to shout and painted every rung
Not knowing what they'd done
Yeah they painted in the sun
Ohh when many came to join in the struggle
Whoa the key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the fairy tale is the fairy
The key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the fairy tale is the fairy
That sat on the bridge between happy and scary
Too long did the young man tarry
Who had stood for good and hope for the masses
Now melted, now sticky, licked up like molasses
Why ask us
Why not ask God
Why ask us
Why not ask God
Oh the key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the merry go round is the merry
The key to the merry go round is the merry