Gordon Lightfoot - Circle Of Steel Lyrics
Rows of lights in a circle of steelWhere you place your bets on a great big wheelHigh windows flickerin down through the snowA time you knowSights and sounds of the people goin roundEverybodys in step with the seasonA child is born to a welfare caseWhere the rats run around like they own the placeThe room is chilly, the building is oldThats how it goesThe doctors found on his welfare roundAnd he comes and he leaves on the doubleDeck the halls was the song they playedIn the flat next door where they shout all dayShe tips her gin bottle back till its goneThe child is strongA week, a day, they will take it awayFor they know about all her bad habitsChristmas dawns and the snow lets upAnd the sun hits the handle of her heirloom cupShe hides her face in her hands for a whileSays look here childYour fathers pride was his means to provideAnd hes servin three years for that reasonRows of lights in a circle of steelWhere you place your bets on a great big wheelHigh windows flickerin down through the snowA time you knowSights and sounds of the people goin roundEverybodys in step with the season
