Neil Sedaka - One More Ride On The Merry Go Round lyrics

Look at the world I have conquered
I've won every spin of the wheel
I get everything I go after
They ask me how does it feel

I tell them that I'd trade the moon
For a string with an orange balloon
And the days when my only dream
Was a dish of vanilla ice cream

Give me one more chance at the midway
Let me laugh and be gay as a clown
Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry go round
I do my shopping in Paris
My clothes are Cardin and Dior
There's money to buy friends and lovers
Well, isn't that what it's for?

But when I go to my bedroom
And stare at my hand painted sky
I think of a world far behind me
A world that my money can't buy

Give me one more chance at the midway
Let me dance with my feet off the ground
Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry go round

Now that I stare at the future
I feel so close to the past
I'm so afraid of tomorrow
Wondering which one is the last

Here in the cold of December
I cling to a fragment of May
I'd trade you the world I have conquered
For a moment of one yesterday

Give me one more chance at the midway
Stop the clock from spinning around
Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry go round
La la la la la la la la la
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Give me back the world I remember
One more ride on the merry go round