Ferris wheel!nOh my lady, oh she tears my eyesnI got no job and I ain't got no ridenWhat's an old man like me, oh mother, to donAnd my lady, oh she broke my backnGo get your things, son, and go get packednOh, can't she see that you and I are crewnOh, mother mother, it's a ferris wheelnOh, sister brother, it's a ferris wheelnAnd all I seem to donIs, baby, go roundnWell, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheelnOh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheelnAnd all I wanna donIs get my feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the groundnYeah!nLa-dee-dannI took a chance and I moved back homenMy father's there and he's all alonenSay it? Sweet mother done passed in the fall, in the fall, in the fallnAnd oh my father he feeds me goodnI moved back home cause I knew he wouldnBut my, I'm much too old to be polishing that stone, that stone, that stonenOh, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheelnOh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheelnAnd all I seem to do is, baby, go round, go round, go round, go groundnWell, mother mother, it's a ferris wheelnOh, sister brother, it's a ferris wheelnAnd all we wanna do is get our feet back on the ground,non the ground, on the ground, on the groundnYeah!nnGot me a job, oh it pays my breadnI swing my bones and I shake my headnI'll take your nickles, oh your pennies, and your dimes, your dimes, your dimesnAnd the old ladies, oh they think I'm sweetnI shake my bones and I stomp my feetnIf I could only pay the rent on time, on timenWell, brother brother, it's a ferris wheelnOh, father mother! It's a ferris wheelnAnd all we seem to do is baby go round, go round, go round, go roundnWell, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheelnOh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheelnAnd all I wanna do is get my feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the groundnGo ahead, yeah yeah!