Tom Waits - The World Keeps Turning Lyrics






On our anniversary
There'll be someone else where you used to be
The world don't care and yet it clings to me
And the moon is gold and silvery

Who knows where the sidewalk ends
Well, the road will turn and the road will bend
They always say he marks the sparrow's fall
How can anyone believe it all?

Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

We broke the bank and we tore up the place
And we disappeared oh without a trace
Now the sun it falls into the sea
And around the only one for me

I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow
And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow
And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

Put a hat on your head
Will you paint the whole damned town red with me?

Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning





Other Lyrics by Artist

Rand Lyrics

Last Posts

Tom Waits The World Keeps Turning Comments
  1. E.... ....

    just had a half bottle of gin and this feels perfect right now.

  2. G.... V....

    La banda ha smesso di suonare ma noi danziamo ancora.

  3. L.... S....

    Toy piano, a banjo, and a stand up bass with the world's greatest voice. Pure perfection.

  4. S.... T....

    If you've ever loved , ... you know too well that the world keeps turning . breaks your heart . Thanks for the this Tom Waits

  5. E.... R....

    Thank you for this.  Another unheralded genius..............

  6. T.... ....

    **sniff** dammit gutters...

    T.... ....

    I know what you feel..

  7. c.... m....

    I remember the first time I heard this song many years ago watching Pollack. It takes me to a place like no other song could. Masterpiece!

  8. B.... B....

    Love Tom but one needs to be careful. Don't operate heavy machinery or drive while listening.

  9. T.... S....

    please don't drink while listening to this song.

    T.... S....

    Eurobubble70 I MENT it night make you feel worse

    T.... S....

    Lazar Gorenc No I MENT it might make you feel worse

    T.... S....

    Too late...

  10. n.... n....

    there's a toy piano on this track

  11. d.... c....

    just heard this after watching Pollock....bawled all the way through it...Waits pulls everything out of you.

  12. b.... p....

    loved this first time heard it.

  13. b.... p....

    loved this first time heard it.

  14. C.... S....

    "The World Keeps Turning" Lyrics as written by and Kathleen Brennan Tom Waits....
    On our anniversary
    There'll be someone else where you used to be
    The world don't care and yet it clings to me
    And the moon is gold and silvery

    Who knows where the sidewalk ends
    Well, the road will turn and the road will bend
    They always say he marks the sparrow's fall
    How can anyone believe it all?

    Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
    The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
    On his hand he wore the ring of another
    And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

    We broke the bank and we tore up the place
    And we disappeared oh without a trace
    Now the sun it falls into the sea
    And around the only one for me

    I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow
    And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
    The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow
    And the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

    Put a hat on your head
    Will you paint the whole damned town red with me?

    Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
    The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
    On his hand he wore the ring of another
    The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

    The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
    The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

    C.... S....

    Catherine S. Todd THANKYOU....!!

  15. C.... S....

    I just watched the film "Pollock" with Ed Harris, and heard this beautiful sorrowful melodic song. Pulling my soul's heart strings as a harp. Gorgeous, tears.

  16. p.... ....

    A masterpiece! It breaks my heart every time I hear it.

  17. v.... b....

    Kralj..

    v.... b....

    @vlado bozinoski najveći

    v.... b....

    slazem se..stvarno veoma jedinstven i veoma osoben umetnik...jedan od retkih genijalaca koga mnogi ne shvataju kako treba..ili beze od toga..beze od stvarnog zivota..hm..postavlja se pitanje..sta je stvarni zivot....

    v.... b....

    @vlado bozinoski Znaš uvijek sam ga volio slušati dok bih bio potišten,nekako kad je čovjek potišten kao više razmišlja o nekim drugim stvarima koje mi se ne čine bitnima u normalnoj svakodnevnici.

  18. o.... ....

    When my pop passed away a few months back I sat in my living room and listened to this song on repeat for nearly a couple hours straight.

  19. L.... R....

    My father really took to this song after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. 

  20. w.... v....

    i love this song, thank you

  21. J.... M....

    This song concludes the movie "Pollock". Haunting, haunting song. Anyone who has seen the movie will know why. Haunting, yet beautiful.

  22. E.... R....

    life: love and loss.

  23. J.... L....

    oh god dammit Tom...

  24. s.... ....

    This song is the ultimate story of love and loss. I love this man so much -- it's amazing how much I can relate to his music, in so many different aspects.

  25. D.... ....

    My god what a song. Gets me every time.

  26. S.... B....

    merciless

  27. N.... M....

    this song will be the only song that will be played at my funeral.
    no speech of what a great person i was and shit.. just this song in the background and people saying goodbye to me.

  28. e.... ....

    not having heard this for years - i now come to it again as to a lover i haven't seen far too long...but no arms can be as embracing as this man's voice...not a piece of me is left bare....

  29. Z.... Z....

    Deeply impressing !
    Thanks.