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Tom Waits – The World Keeps Turning lyrics
(Tom Waits/ Kathleen Brennan)

On our anniversary
There'll be someone else where you used to be
The world don't care and yet it clings to me
And the moon is gold and silvery

Who knows where the sidewalk ends
Well, the road will turn and the road will bend
They always say he marks the sparrow's fall
How can anyone believe it all?

Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

We broke the bank and we tore up the place
And we disappeared oh without a trace
Now the sun it falls into the sea
And around the only one for me

I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow
And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow
And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

Put a hat on your head
Will you paint the whole damned town red with me?

Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
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(Tom Waits/ Kathleen Brennan) On our anniversary There'll be someone else where you used to be The world don't care and yet it clings to me And the moon is gold and silvery Who knows where the sidewalk ends Well, the road will turn and the road will bend They always say he marks the sparrow's fall How can anyone believe it all? Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning On his hand he wore the ring of another And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning We broke the bank and we tore up the place And we disappeared oh without a trace Now the sun it falls into the sea And around the only one for me I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning Put a hat on your head Will you paint the whole damned town red with me? Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning On his hand he wore the ring of another The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: KATHLEEN BRENNAN, THOMAS A. WAITS
The World Keeps Turning lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, JALMA MUSIC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Wixen Music Publishing
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