Lyrics

WHAT GOES AROUND (COMES AROUND)

Well my hair was shaggy
And my clothes were baggy
until I was 14.
And then I shined my shoes
All dad?s cologne I used
Trying to impress Arlene-
Wore my shirt just right
My new jeans a little tight
It didn?t matter anyway-
Each time I got near Arlene
It was like meeting the Queen,
My tongue would always turn to clay.

What Goes Around Comes Around
And I?m still learning the game.
What Goes Around Comes Around,
In the end it?s gonna be the same.

I had no cash in my hand
But I was playing in a band
And we were the kings of the hill-
We used to rock real hard
In my mom?s backyard
But that didn?t mean much to Jill.
So I cut my hair shorter
Made my buck and a quarter
Every hour I spent sweeping floors.
I saved my money in a jar
But by the time I bought a car
Jill was going out with George.

What Goes Around Comes Around
In the end it?s gonna be the same.
What Goes Around Comes Around,
And I?m still learning the game.

Learning when to be tender
And when to be tough,
When a word to the wise
Is more than enough.
That classroom called life
Taught it just like it is,
Then gently rewards me each night
With Judy?s sweet kisses.

Now I have a little boy
He?s my heartache and my joy
He doesn?t think about the way he looks-
I guess he?ll play the guitar
Take the keys to Daddy?s car
Maybe bury his head in his books.
But be still my heart
When his teachers say he?s smart
What can they be thinkin? of?
That boy won?t know a thing
Until he?s passed seventeen
And learned a little something about love.

What Goes Around Comes Around
And he?s still learning the game.
What Goes Around Comes Around,
In the end it?s gonna be the same.

What Goes Around Comes Around
And nothing?s ever learned for free.
What Goes Around Comes Around
I guess that?s how it?s meant to be.


(c) JOE PIKET, ASCAP