World Keeps Going Around - Bill Withers

Lookin' at the pictures of the places

That he’d been, an old man told me what he’d found

Said it don’t make no difference whether you’re

Out or whether you’re in, though the world keeps

Goin' round and round.

Goin' round and round.

Said he looked at the places talked of the faces that he’d seen

Then he turned the pictures upside down.

Said it don’t make no difference how many places you’ve been

Said the world keeps goin' round and round.

Goin' round and round

Then he put up the pictures shook his head, and with a grin,

He talked about his ups and downs

Said it don’t make no difference how many fixes you’ve been in

No, the world keeps goin' round and round

Goin' round and round.

Betty Joe Johnson, don’t you pull no Daisy Mae on me

Daisy Mae she did me dirty, so I had to leave her for

Anna Lee.

Anna Lee she had big street feet.

She spent her nights out on the row

So I started seeing Sally Jackson, I had to let Anna Lee go

Sally Jackson was a player

Had another man along with me

So I just took me one step backwards

Checked up on old Anna Lee

Anna Lee still had them street feet

Liked to dance all night and sleep all day

So I just took one more step backwards,

checked up on old Daisy Mae

Daisy Mae was still doin' dirty,

so I’ll tell you what I had to do

Had to go just one step further Betty Joe Johnson

Yeah, and that’s how I know you

Looked at the places talked of the faces in life he’d seen

Then he turned the pictures upside down

Said it don’t make no difference how many places that you’ve been

Said the world keeps goin' round and round

Goin' round and round