Released: June 1, 1972
Songwriter: Stig Anderson Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
Producer: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
[Verse 1]
I have tried in vain never had success
So it seems my life is nothing but a mess
I have lost my only friend
Now it seems I have to start again
[Chorus]
Merry-go-round where am I bound
With my love and feelings, merry-go-round?
Who wants to kiss me and hug me and miss me?
Yes, who wants to do it? I wish that I knew it
Merry-go-round, wish I had found
Somebody to care for, where am I bound?
Life is so lonely if life is just only
To love with my loving goes round and round
[Verse 2]
Looking for someone who would want to stay
I might find her with a bit of luck one day
But who knows so until then
I can only try and try again
[Chorus]
Merry-go-round where am I bound
With my love and feelings, merry-go-round?
Who wants to kiss me and hug me and miss me?
Yes, who wants to do it? I wish that I knew it
Merry-go-round, wish I had found
Somebody to care for, where am I bound?
Life is so lonely if life is just only
To love with my loving goes round and round
[Chorus]
Merry-go-round where am I bound
With my love and feelings, merry-go-round?
Who wants to kiss me and hug me and miss me?
Yes, who wants to do it? I wish that I knew it
Merry-go-round, wish I had found
Somebody to care for, where am I bound?
Life is so lonely if life is just only
To love with my loving goes round and round
[Outro]
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
I have tried in vain never had success
So it seems my life is nothing but a mess
I have lost my only friend
Now it seems I have to start again
[Chorus]
Merry-go-round where am I bound
With my love and feelings, merry-go-round?
Who wants to kiss me and hug me and miss me?
Yes, who wants to do it? I wish that I knew it
Merry-go-round, wish I had found
Somebody to care for, where am I bound?
Life is so lonely if life is just only
To love with my loving goes round and round
[Verse 2]
Looking for someone who would want to stay
I might find her with a bit of luck one day
But who knows so until then
I can only try and try again
[Chorus]
Merry-go-round where am I bound
With my love and feelings, merry-go-round?
Who wants to kiss me and hug me and miss me?
Yes, who wants to do it? I wish that I knew it
Merry-go-round, wish I had found
Somebody to care for, where am I bound?
Life is so lonely if life is just only
To love with my loving goes round and round
[Chorus]
Merry-go-round where am I bound
With my love and feelings, merry-go-round?
Who wants to kiss me and hug me and miss me?
Yes, who wants to do it? I wish that I knew it
Merry-go-round, wish I had found
Somebody to care for, where am I bound?
Life is so lonely if life is just only
To love with my loving goes round and round
[Outro]
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
Merry, merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
(Merry-go-round, merry-merry-go-round, merry go-round)
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- The Winner Takes It All
- The Visitors
- That’s Me
- Thank You for the Music
- Take a Chance on Me
- Super Trouper
- So Long
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- She’s My Kind of Girl
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- Ring Ring
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- Voulez-Vous
- When All Is Said and Done
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- The Name of the Game [U.S. Remix]
- The Day Before You Came
- Summer Night City
- The Way Old Friends Do (Live)
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- Eagle
- Does Your Mother Know
- Dancing Queen
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- Crazy World
- Chiquitita
- Cassandra
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- Fernando
- Waterloo
- Hasta Mañana
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- Merry-Go-Round
- Mamma Mia
- Lovelight
- Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
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- Dancing Queen
- The Winner Takes It All
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Super Trouper
- Fernando
- One of Us
- Waterloo
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Chiquitita
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- Don’t Shut Me Down
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- Voulez-Vous
- When I Kissed the Teacher
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