The unplugged version contains the original lyrics I had written - done sung over the piano intro. Having written about life-cycles and children growing up too fast, I thought that it was too sappy or "heavy" and so changed the song to be about a relationship that goes in circles. I wrote the new lyrics as I drove out to the Trooper rehearsals in Langley..talk about texting and driving!.. With the unplugged version, I thought it would be interesting from a song-writing point of view to include the original which leads into the eventual song with the line, "and I feel my head is spinning round"..the other major change is the vocal round in the middle which I had wanted to include in the Trooper times but which didn't happen...notice, no electronic drums on this version (thank heavens!)
Did you ever see
a young child openly accept all the world he sees,
tryin' so hard to please
Once in a while I, stop to ask why
Where do the children go/
Too soon they're growin' old
and I feel my head is spinning round
Round, round we go
(segue to originally published lyrics)
Oooh, darlin' darlin'
It's your style to change your mind
But darlin' darlin'
Each time you do
I rearrange to suit you
In and out
Round and round again
Oooh, darlin' darlin'
Life was all glitter
Everything just a game
But darlin' darlin'
Now you're so bitter
Everything's pouring rain
In and out
On and on and you're
Turning me upside down
Turning me inside out
And I feel
My head is spinning round
Round, round we go (round, round we go)
Oooh, darlin' darlin'
Each day's a new day
A change in the weather
But darlin' darlin'
Each mood is a new one
Nothing remains the same
In and out
On and on and you're
Turning me upside down
Turning me inside out
And I feel
My head is spinning round
Round, round we go (round, round we go)