[Verse 1]

Well, you've got me dancing in a figure of eight

Don't know if I'm coming or going, I'm early or late

Round and round the ring I go

I want to know

I want to know, hey

[Verse 2]

Why can't we travel a continuous line?

Make love a reliable covenant all the time

Up and down the hills I go

I got to know

I got to know

[Chorus]

Is it better to love one another

Than to go for a walk in the dark?

Is it better to love than to give in to hate?

Yeah, we'd better take good care of each other

Avoid slipping back off the straight and narrow

It's better by far than getting stuck in a figure of eight

[Bridge]

Well, figure it out for yourself, little girl

It don't go nowhere at all

It's nothing more than a tape loop in a big dance hall

[Verse 3]

You've got me running in a figure of eight

Don't know if I'm coming or going, early or late

Round and round I go

I want to know

I want to know

[Chorus]

Say is it better to love one another

Than to go for a walk in the dark?

Is it better to love than to give in to hate?

Yes, we'd better take good care of one other

And avoid slipping back off the straight and narrow

It's better by far than getting stuck in a figure of eight