Michael Jackson
People Make the World Go ’Round lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:18
People
('Round and around and around, 'round)
People make the world go 'round
('Round and around and around, 'round)
Teachers on strike, no more school today
They want more money but the board won't pay
('Round and around and around, 'round, people)
Everybody's talkin' 'bout ecology
The air's so polluted that it's hard to breathe
(Air's so polluted that it's hard to breathe, people)
But that's what makes the world go 'round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men
People make the world go 'round
(People make the world go 'round)
Old folks judge you by the clothes you wear
They'd swear you're a hippy if you have long hair
('Round and around and around, 'round, people)
Young politicians fight for poverty
While people still cry for equality
(People still cry for equality, people)
But that's what makes the world go 'round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men
People make the world go 'round
(People make the world go 'round)
La la la la la lala lala
La la la la la lala lala
But that's what makes the world go 'round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men
People make the world go 'round
And around and around, 'round
People make the world go round
And around and around, 'round
People make the world go round
And around and around, 'round
People make the world go round
And around and around, 'round
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Key vocabulary
- won't
- will not
- everybody's
- belonging to everyoneA1
- breathe
- draw air in and outB1
- carousel
- ride with rotating horsesB1
- changing
- becoming differentA1
- underground
- below the surfaceA2
- men
- adult male peopleB1
- folks
- peopleB1
- judge
- decide in courtB1
- they'd
- they would
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About this song
Michael Jackson was an American singer known for his groundbreaking role in the development of pop music, alongside R&B and funk-pop. He rose from the Jackson 5 to a dominant solo career marked by albums Off the Wall and Thriller and by major singles including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”