We were ring-around
The rosy children
They were circles
Around the sun
Never give up
Never slow down
Never grow old
Never ever die young
Synchronized
With the
Rising moon
Even with the
Evening star
They were true love
Written in stone
They were
Never alone
They were never that
Far apart
And we
Who couldn't bear
To believe
They might make it
We had to
Close our eyes
Cut up our losses
Into do-able doses
Ration our tears
And sighs oh
You could see them
On the street
On a
Saturday night
Everyone used to
Run them down
They're a little
Too sweet
They're a little
Too tight
Not enough tough
For this town
We couldn't
Touch them with a
Ten-foot pole
No it didn't seem
To matter at all
They were
Glued together
Body and soul
That much more
We put backs up
Against the wall
Oh hold them up
Hold them up
Never do
Let them fall
Pray to the dust
And the rust
And the ruin
That names us
And claims us
And shames us all
I guess it
Had to happen
Someday soon
Wasn't nothing to
Hold them down
They would rise
From among us
Like a big balloon
Take the sky
Forsake the ground
Oh yes other hearts
Were broken
Yeah other dreams
Ran dry
But our
Golden ones
Sail on sail on
To another land
Beneath another sky
Oh
But our
Golden ones
Sail on sail on
To another land
Beneath another sky
Beneath another sky
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up
Hold them up