Thunder & Lightning - Chi Coltrane

Life is like a ferris wheel

It keeps on turning without feel

As it spins round and round

It picks you up and lets you down

Up and down and back again

The world seems to be in a spin

Will this crazy cycle ever end?

And when it does-- what then?

The sun goes down and comes up again

I can’t remember where I’ve been

The Ferris wheel goes round and round

I wonder if I’ll hit the ground

I almost do-- I almost do

But then somehow I’ve made it through!

The wheel climbs on-- I’m up on top again

Where is my life leading to?

Whatever am I coming to?

Sometimes fast-- sometimes slow

It makes a circle as it goes

As I face the ground below

I fear the wheel may lose control

I know that I’ve been here before--

I do no know much more

Then the wheel begins to rise

And I can almost touch the sky

It feels so good it makes me glad

And now my life doesn’t feel so bad

The good and bad times come and go

As round and round the wheel must go

And you and I -- ride this wheel of life