Procol Harum - Perpetual Motion lyrics

Rings around the crescent moon

Passions rise from basement rooms

Fountains play and worlds collide

We gently swing and sway from side to side

Dancers in perpetual motion

Slip an' sliding across the floor

Ships our on a moonlit ocean

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore

Star-crossed lovers they spoon and swim

The laughing gods they just reel them in

Hostages they're tempting fate

See them wait down on the line to take the bait

Dancers in perpetual motion

Slip an' sliding across the floor

Ships our on a moonlit ocean

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore

The simple stuff we build our dreams upon

Waxing, waning, now it's almost gone

Passion plays the sweetest tune

These velvet days are gone far too soon

Dancers in perpetual motion

Slip an' sliding across the floor

Ships our on a moonlit ocean

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore

We spend our nights on silken sheets

We play for gold but not for keeps

Dancers in perpetual motion

Slip an' sliding across the floor

Ships our on a moonlit ocean

Sailin' t'ward a distant shore