THE CIRCLE IS SMALL 
Gordon Lightfoot
1968


It's all right for some but not all right for me
When the one that I'm loving slips around
You think it's fine to do things I cannot see
And you're doing it to me
Baby can't you see that I know how it is.

I can see it in your eyes
And feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice
Whenever we are talking like this.

I can see what you believe in
When his name is mentioned and I die
I can watch the way you walk
The way you talk, the way you close your eyes.

It's all right for some but not all right to be
Where the one that I'm loving can't be found
The city where we live might be quite large
But the circle is small, why not tell us all and then all of us will know.

I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this
I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die
I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes.

It's all right to leave but not all right to lie
When you come home and you can't say where you've been
You think it's fine to do things I cannot see
And you're doing it to me, baby can't you see that I know how it is.

I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this
I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die
I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes.

I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this
I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die(Fade)




(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)