I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again   I've been so many places I can't remember where or when   And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend   Never really was a friend at all      I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less   Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time   I've turned inside out and around about and back and then   Found myself right back where I started again      Once I had myself a million, now I've only got a dime   The diff'rence don't seem quite as bad today   With a nickel or a million, I was searching all the time   For something that I never lost or left behind      I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less   Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time   I've turned inside out and around about and back and then   Found myself right back where I started again      And now I'm in my second circle and I'm headin' for the top   I've learned a lot of things along the way   I'll be careful while I'm climbin' 'cause it hurts a lot to drop   When your down nobody gives a damn anyway      I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less   Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time   I've turned inside out and around about and back and then   Found myself right back where I started again