We were ring-around-the-rosy childrenThey were circles
around the sunNever give up,
never slow downNever grow old,
never ever die youngSynchronized with the rising moonEven
with the evening starThey were true love written in
stoneThey were never alone,
they were never that far apartAnd we who couldn't bear
to believe they might make itWe got to close our eyesCut
up our losses into doable dosesRation our tears and
sighsYou could see them on the street on a saturday
nightEveryone used to run them downThey're a little
too sweet, they're a little too tightNot enough tough
for this townWe couldn't touch them with a ten-foot
poleNo, it didn't seem to rattle at allThey were glued
together body and soulThat much more with their backs
up against the wallOh, hold them up,
hold them upNever do let them fallPrey to the dust
and the rust and the ruinThat names us and claims us
and shames us allI guess it had to happen someday soonWasn't
nothing to hold them downThey would rise from among
us like a big baloonTake the sky,
forsake the groundOh, yes,
other hearts were brokenYeah,
other dreams ran dryBut our golden ones sail on,
sail onTo another land beneath another sky