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The Monkees
Missing Links, Volume 3
Merry Go Round

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Merry Go Round

Release date: 26th March 1996

From Missing Links, Volume 3

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About This Track

"Merry Go Round" is a track by The Monkees, from the album Missing Links, Volume 3, released 26th March 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Monkees

The Monkees

Lyrics

Merry Go Round

Hollow, carnival voice sings

Tunes of nobody's choice

And on a vacant lot

Someone just forgot

Standing all alone

Turning on it's own

Weary, merry go round

Grows slowly into the ground

And faded circus acts

Sorrow broke their backs

And their sadness cries

From their staring eyes

Still, small children come

And bring the harm of play

Spirits all alive

To drive the ghosts away

Useless merry go round

Tomorrow they'll tear you down

To build a parking lot

If it lives or not

It was just a toy

All it brought was joy

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Track details

From Missing Links, Volume 3

1996

Album

Missing Links, Volume 3

Release year

1996

—Look Down
—Angel Band
—How Insensitive
—Kellogg's Jingle
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—Merry Go Round
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—Hollywood
—She'll Be There
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—Shake 'Em Up
—Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)
—(Theme From) The Monkees (TV Version)
—We’ll Be Back in a Minute
—We’ll Be Back in a Minute #2
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—You're So Good
—Tear The Top Right Off My Head

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