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Dreidel - Don McLean



     
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I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down, round and around the world you go
Spinning through the lives of the people you know, we all slow down
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?No days you can borrow, no time you can buy, no trust in tomorrow
It's a lie, and I feel like I'm dippin' and a divin'
My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels
I'm lost in this star car I'm a drivin'
But my air sole keeps pushin' big wheelsMy world is a constant confusion, my mind is prepared to attack
My past, a persuasive illusion, I'm watchin' the future it's blackWhat do you know? You know just what you perceive
What can you show? Nothing of what you believe
And as you grow, each thread of life that you leave
Will spin around your deeds and dictate your needsAs you sell your soul and you sow your seeds
And you wound yourself and your loved one bleeds
And your habits grow, and your conscience feeds
On all that you thought you should be
I never thought this could happen tomeI feel like a spinning top or a dreidel

The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down, round and around the world you go
Spinning through the lives of the people you know, we all slow down
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
How you gonna keep from turning your life away? OhI feel like a spinning top or a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down, you just slow down, you just slow down

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Don McLean (born October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for his 1971 song "American Pie," about the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper. The song spawned the phrase "The Day the Music Died," referring to the day of the crash.

Early in his career, McLean was mentored by the folk legend Pete Seeger, and accompanied Seeger on his Clearwater boat up the Hudson River in 1969 to protest at environmental pollution in the river. The Clearwater campaign was widely credited for improving water quality in the Hudson River.

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with the Roy Orbison classic, "Crying." Only following the record's success overseas was it released in the U.S., becoming a top-ten hit in 1981. Orbison himself once described McLean as "the voice of the century," and a subsequent re-recording of the song saw Orbison incorporate elements of McLean's version.

In 1991, McLean returned to the U.K. top ten with a re-issue of "American Pie," which nine years later became a worldwide smash all over again thanks to Madonna's controversial cover.

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