The world's not picture perfect And the streets ain't paved with gold And sometimes life gets a little too hard you know You take the good times with the bad times The heaven with the hell And sometimes you just got to draw from the wishing well I said life is just a circle A ride on a merry go round You got to roll with the punches You got to move with the ups and downs Life is just a circle Loop-de-loop round and round One day you are the king of the bill The next day you're tumblin' down You take one step to the front line Then it's two steps to the back And sometimes it seems like all the cards are stacked Then from out of nowhere Good luck come your way And all your troubles vanish in the haze I said life is just a circle A ride on a merry go round You got to roll with the punches You got to move with the ups and downs Life is just a circle Loop-de-loop round and round One day you are the king of the bill The next day you're tumblin' down Loop-de-loop round and round Loop-de-loop round and round Just when you think you're movin' up Your lifes goes spinnin' round I said life is just a circle A ride on a merry go round You got to roll with the punches You got to move with the ups and downs Life is just a circle Loop-de-loop round and round One day you are the king of the bill The next day you're tumblin' down