we were ring around
the rosy children
they were circles
around the sun
never give up
never slow down
never grow ol
never ever die young
synchronized with the rising moon
even with the evening star
they were true love written in stone
they were never alone
they were never that far apart
and we who couldn't bear to
believe they might make it
we got to close our eyes
cut up our losses into doable doses
ration our tears and sighs
you could see them on the street
on a saturday night
everyone used to run them down
they're a little too sweet
they're a little too tight
not enough tough for this town
we couldn't touch them
with a ten foot pole
no it didn't seem to
rattle at all
they were glued together
body and soul
that much more with
their backs up against the wall
oh hold them up hold them up
never do let them fall
prey to the dust
and the rust and the ruin
that names us and claims us
and shames us all
i guess it had to
happen someday soon
wasn't nothing to hold them down
they would rise from
among us like a big balloon
take to the sky
forsake the ground
oh yes other hearts were broken
yeah other dreams ran dry
but our golden ones sail on
sail on
to another land
beneath another sky
but our golden ones sail on
sail on
to another land
beneath another sky
beneath skyanother
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up
hold them up