Dreidel

Song Dreidel
Artist Don McLean
Album Solo

Lyrics

[00:02.14] Dreidel
[00:13.93] I feel like a spinning top for a dreidel
[00:17.11] The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
[00:20.11] You just slow down
[00:22.23]
[00:23.60] Round and around this world you go
[00:26.78] Spinning through lives of the people you know
[00:29.65] We all slow down
[00:32.21]
[00:33.52] How you gonna keep on turning from day to day
[00:38.90]
[00:39.78] How you gonna keep from turning your life away
[00:46.83] No days you can borrow
[00:49.76] No time you can buy
[00:52.94] No trust in tomorrow
[00:55.38] It's a lie
[01:01.49] Oh I feel like a spinning top for a dreidel
[01:05.24] The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
[01:08.36] You just slow down
[01:09.86] Round and around this world you go
[01:14.78] Spinning through lives of the people you know
[01:18.09] We all slow down
[01:20.40]
[01:21.52] How you gonna keep on turning from day to day
[01:25.33] How you gonna keep from turning your life away
[01:33.63] And I feel like I'm a-dipping and a-diving
[01:38.50] My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels
[01:43.24] I'm lost in this star car I'm a-driving
[01:47.54] But my air sole keeps pushing big wheels
[01:52.41] My world is a constant confusion
[01:56.84] My mind is prepared to attack
[02:01.40] My past a persuasive illusion
[02:06.14] I'm watching the future its black
[02:09.76] What do you know
[02:11.69] You know just what you perceive
[02:13.63] What can you show
[02:15.38] Nothing of what you believe
[02:17.06] And as you grow
[02:18.99] Each thread of life that you lead
[02:21.05] Will spin around your deeds
[02:23.61] And dictate your needs
[02:25.67] As you sell your soul
[02:27.73] And you sow your seeds
[02:29.91] And you wound yourself
[02:31.91] And your loved one bleeds
[02:34.28] And your habits grow
[02:36.28] And your conscious feeds
[02:39.03] On all that you thought you should be
[02:42.33] I never thought this could happen to me-e-e-e-e
[02:48.07] I feel like a spinning top for a dreidel
[02:50.94] The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
[02:54.31] You just slow down
[02:56.07] Round and around this world you go
[03:00.75] Spinning through lives of the people you know
[03:04.05] We all slow down
[03:06.55]
[03:07.86] How you gonna keep on turning from day to day
[03:14.16] How you gonna keep from turning your life away
[03:20.78] I feel like a spinning top for a dreidel
[03:23.83] The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
[03:27.02] You just slow down
[03:30.14] You just slow down
[03:33.88] You just slow down