Circle Dance

I don't know why it should be so hard
Giving up this circle dance
Worn out steps from long ago
Don't give love a chance

It's a bitter heirloom handed down
These twisted parts we play
I'm not her, and you're not him
Just comes out that way

Can't go back to make things right
Though I wish I understood
Time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could

"I'll be home soon," that's what you'd say
And a little kid believes
After a while I learned that love
Must be a thing that leaves

I tried so hard just to hold you near
Was as good as I could be
Even when I had you here
You stayed so far from me

Can't go back to make things right
Though I wish I understood
Time has made things clearer now
You did the best you could

Now that this has occured to me
But I wanted you to know
Been too faithful all my life
It's time to let you go

Ooh...
Ooh-ooh, oh
Time has made things clearer now

It's time to let you go
Time, to let you go