Lyrics to
People Make The World Go Round

This version of People Make The World Go Round was released by Michael Jackson in 1972.

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People…
(‘Round and ’round and around…)
People make the world go ’round
(‘Round and ’round and around…)

Teachers on strike, no more school today
They want more money but the board won’t pay
People
Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout ecology
The 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…

Old folks judge you by the clothes you wear
They’d swear you’re a hippy if you have long hair
Young politicians fight for poverty
While people still cry for equality

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…

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…

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The lyrics to People Make The World Go Round are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Michael Jackson used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to People Make The World Go Round have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Michael Jackson and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to People Make The World Go Round by Michael Jackson. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to People Make The World Go Round" means the words set to the music of People Make The World Go Round, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Jackson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to People Make The World Go Round and the lyrics to People Make The World Go Round are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Jackson who came here looking just for the lyrics to People Make The World Go Round, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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