GO-GO ROUND
Gordon Lightfoot 1967



Alone upon the sidewalks of despair
'Twas there she wandered
With her suitcase in her hand
Her fate she pondered.

Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care
She met him on a night so rare.
When her friends were there
And the band was groovin'.

When he gave a glance that said
How much he would like to meet her.
How was she to know at the time
He would mistreat her.

In her cage she danced for him
Although a hundred eyes were turned her way
And before the set was through
He knew she would be his loved one.

Only a go-go girl in love
With someone who didn't care
Only twenty-one she was
A young girl just in from somewhere.

(bridge)

He's playing up in Michigan
In a group they call the Intended
With a kiss and a promise he was gone
The song was ended.

But as she walks she waits for him
The pavement is a shoulder for her tears
But in her heart she knows
There is no way she can hope to change him.

Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care
Only twenty-one she was, a young girl just in from somewhere
Only a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't care, a go-go girl in love.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)