Ferris wheel! Oh my lady, oh she tears my eyes I got no job and I ain't got no ride What's an old man like me, oh mother, to do And my lady, oh she broke my back Go get your things, son, and go get packed Oh, can't she see that you and I are crew Oh, mother mother, it's a ferris wheel Oh, sister brother, it's a ferris wheel And all I seem to do Is, baby, go round Well, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheel Oh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheel And all I wanna do Is get my feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the ground Yeah! La-dee-da
I took a chance and I moved back home My father's there and he's all alone Say it? Sweet mother done passed in the fall, in the fall, in the fall And oh my father he feeds me good I moved back home cause I knew he would But my, I'm much too old to be polishing that stone, that stone, that stone Oh, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheel Oh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheel And all I seem to do is, baby, go round, go round, go round, go ground Well, mother mother, it's a ferris wheel Oh, sister brother, it's a ferris wheel And all we wanna do is get our feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the ground, on the ground Yeah!
Got me a job, oh it pays my bread I swing my bones and I shake my head I'll take your nickles, oh your pennies, and your dimes, your dimes, your dimes And the old ladies, oh they think I'm sweet I shake my bones and I stomp my feet If I could only pay the rent on time, on time Well, brother brother, it's a ferris wheel Oh, father mother! It's a ferris wheel And all we seem to do is baby go round, go round, go round, go round Well, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheel Oh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheel And all I wanna do is get my feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the ground Go ahead, yeah yeah!