Circle Dance

I don't know why it should be so hard

Giving up this circle dance

Worn out steps from long ago

Don't give love a chance

It's a bitter heirloom handed down

These twisted parts we play

I'm not her, and you're not him

Just comes out that way

Can't go back to make things right

Though I wish I understood

Time has made things clearer now

We did the best we could

"I'll be home soon," that's what you'd say

And a little kid believes

After a while I learned that love

Must be a thing that leaves

I tried so hard just to hold you near

Was as good as I could be

Even when I had you here

You stayed so far from me

Can't go back to make things right

Though I wish I understood

Time has made things clearer now

You did the best you could

Now that this has occured to me

But I wanted you to know

Been too faithful all my life

It's time to let you go

Ooh...

Ooh-ooh, oh

Time has made things clearer now

It's time to let you go

Time, to let you go