Yes - Roundabout

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Roundabout is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes from their fourth studio album Fragile, released in November 1971. It was written by singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe and produced by the band and Eddy Offord. The song originated when the band were on tour and travelled from Aberdeen to Glasgow, and went through many roundabouts on the way.
The song was released as an edited single in the US in January 1972 with "Long Distance Runaround", another track from Fragile, as the B-side. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles charts. In 1973, Anderson and Howe won a BMI Award for writing the song.

Lyrics:
[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out-and-out
I spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley

[Verse 2]
The music dance and sing
They make the children really ring
I spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley

[Chorus]
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing, too
Twenty-four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you

[Verse 3]
I will remember you
Your silhouette will charge the view
Of distant atmosphere
Call it morning driving through the sound and even in the valley

[Chorus]
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing, too
Twenty-four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you

[Bridge]
Along the drifting cloud, the eagle searching down on the land
Catching the swirling wind, the sailor sees the rim of the land
The eagle's dancing wings create as weather spins out of hand
Go closer, hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time, a thousand answers by in our hand
Next to your deeper fears, we stand surrounded by a million years
I'll be the roundabout, the words will make you out-and-out
I'll be the roundabout, the words will make you out-and-out

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, they stand there
Twenty-four before my love and I'll be there

[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 1]
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out-and-out
You spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley

[Chorus]
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing, too
Twenty-four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you

[Outro]
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot)
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot)
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot)
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot)
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot)
Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot)

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