Summer sunshine as far as I can see Shinin' 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 lines inside a fool's paradise Livin' on the music and what I could save Well, I went to the trouble to work off all them chains Then I looked around and found that 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, Winter sunshine is shinin' down on me Feelin' kinda crazy, thinkin' about a song Things get bad sometime and pass like a fad Thinkin' like what went right and wonderin' what's wrong Well now, I went to the trouble to work off all them chains Then I looked around and found that 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