Written by - Jim & Ingrid Croce

I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again

I've been so many places I can't remember where or when

And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend

Never really was a friend at all



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I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less

Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time

I've turned inside out and around about and back and then

Found myself right back where I started again



Once I had myself a million, now I've only got a dime

The diff'rence don't seem quite as bad today

With a nickel or a million, I was searching all the time

For something that I never lost or left behind



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Now I'm in my second circle and I'm headin' for the top

I've learned a lot of things along the way

I'll be careful while I'm climbin' 'cause it hurts a lot to drop

And when your down nobody gives a damn anyway



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