Melanie and Sherry-Lynn

Al Grierson


Now Melanie and Sherry-Lynn, they can fill most any days
With crocuses and daffodils and independent ways.
And if their dreams should disappear, like a hobo leaving town
They'll carry on until the rainbow comes around.

And the world goes round in circles
Like a crazy ferris wheel
And it's good to know there's a place to go
'Til the hurt begins to heal.
Where your troubles melt like starlight
On a chocolate ice-cream cone
And you're old enough to make it on your own.

The moon fell out of bed last night
And got caught between the leaves
Where the branches look like elbows
In a pair of silver sleeves.
And a whistle whispers lullaby
To all the cities and all the farms,
Like a mother train, with a baby in her arms.

And the world goes round in circles
Like a crazy ferris wheel
And it's good to know there's a place to go
'Til the hurt begins to heal.
Where your troubles melt like starlight
On a chocolate ice-cream cone
And you're old enough to make it on your own.

Now grownups, just like little folks,
They get bruises when they fall.
But little folks, they don't ever say
That it don't hurt at all.
And Melanie and Sherry-Lynn
Know its easier than pie;
But grownups hardly ever seem to cry.

And the world goes round in circles
Like a crazy ferris wheel
And it's good to know there's a place to go
'Til the hurt begins to heal.
Where your troubles melt like starlight
On a chocolate ice-cream cone
And you're old enough to make it on your own.

Now the whistle hangs its handkerchief
Like a brakeman on the fly
Where the stars are hung like lanterns
On the eyelds of the sky.
And the words come back in an echo
Of a smokey, sad, "So long" --
If we hold each other close, we'll all be strong.

And the world goes round in circles
Like a crazy ferris wheel
And it's good to know there's a place to go
'Til the hurt begins to heal.
Where your troubles melt like starlight
On a chocolate ice-cream cone
And you're old enough to make it on your own.

And the world goes round in circles
Like a crazy ferris wheel
And it's good to know there's a place to go
'Til the hurt begins to heal.
Where your troubles melt like starlight
On a chocolate ice-cream cone
And you're old enough to make it on your own.