[Verse 1]

This old carousel keeps on turning

This old carousel keeps on turning, keeps on turning

Worn smooth, faces, voices, broken, cracking

Bright blue eyes in the darkness, passing lovers

Chances taken, good times used

Good times used

Tell me it wasn't all for nothing

[Verse 2]

On that old carousel, we refused

We rode, we rode, we made believe

Naked watching the snow falling, it burned our skin

On that old carousel, we shouted our love

We shouted our love

[Outro]

(This old carousel keeps on turning) Tell me it wasn’t all for nothing

We weren’t just taking our time before we caved in (This old carousel keeps on turning)

Those moments shared, they meant something, didn’t they? (This old carousel keeps on turning)

That intimacy wasn’t all for nothing (This old carousel keeps on turning)

We had something that was ours, tell me (This old carousel keeps on turning)

We had something that was ours (This old carousel keeps on turning)