Tokyo's all lit up and she is dancing
Forever romancing more blood from the stone
On a bed of roses you were sleeping
Their thorns kept you from dreaming
And that's a pain you had learned to bear
We go back and forth, we go 'round and 'round
I feel the earth moving slowly as she turns
You know the truth can really hurt
But the pain is often worse when you
Find yourself backed into a corner
You have been searching for fossils in the canyons
The caves companions to the boys playing in the sun
Before the feast arrives it gives me fair warning
It announced it was coming, but I chose not to run
We go back and forth, we go 'round and 'round
I feel the earth moving slowly as she turns
You know the truth can really hurt
But the lesson will surely be learned
Come hell or high water
Here is a life that is shaped by choices
Guided by voices and rules of thumb
On the steps of the church stood a statue of St. Francis
Back to your birthplace where the sister birds sing
We go back and forth, we go 'round and 'round
I feel the earth moving slowly as she turns
You know the truth can really hurt
When the tables have turned
But I was always a good daughter
Shouting from the rooftops I see smoke and amber
Those coal porter chambers telling tales from another life
Sometimes I think of the mothers of soldiers
No matter who our leader is
Must we fight for gold or God?
We go back and forth, we go 'round and 'round
I feel the earth moving slowly as she turns
Don't let the child go and lead
They'll shake the fruit from the tree
And all you will hear is their laughter
Wonderin' what's in store for our future