Summer sunshine,
as far as I can see
Shining down on a country boy
who couldn't wait to be a man
I told my mama, "Mama,
this just ain't for me." Gonna go to the city
I'm gonna be a star
Fell in with a girl who sang the blues
and drove me crazy
Every time I heard the word
I came like a slave
Listening to her lies inside
of fool's paradise
Living on music, what I could save
Well, I went to the trouble,
worked up all them changes
Then I looked around and
found much to my surprise
What goes around, oh mama,
just comes back around
What goes around, oh mama, just comes
Back around and around and around
It comes back around
Well now, when the sun shines,
shining down on me
Feeling kind of crazy,
thinking about songs
Things get bad sometime
and pass like a fad
Making light of what went right an
d wondering what's wrong
Well now, I went through the trouble,
worked up all them changes
Then I looked around and
found much to my surprise
What goes around, oh mama,
just comes back around
What goes around, oh mama,
just comes back around
What goes around, oh mama,
just comes back around
What goes around, pretty mama, just
Comes back around and around and around
It comes back around and around and around
It comes back around and
around and around
It...