World Keeps Going Around

Bill Withers

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Intro e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|----------0-----------0----------0----------0--| D|-------2-----------2----------2----------2-----| A|----2----------2------------2---------2--------| E|--0---------0------------0---------0-----------| verse 1 Looking at the pictures of the places that he?s been Old man told me what he found Said it don?t make no difference whether you?re out or whether you?re in You know the world keeps going around and around Break Going around and around Verses 2 Said he looked at the places talk to the faces that he seen Then he turned the pictures upside down Said it don?t make no difference how many places that you?ve been Said the world keeps going around and around Break Going around and around Verses 3 Then he put up the pictures shook his head and with a grin He talked about his ups and downs Said it don?t make no difference how many fixes you?ve been You know the world keeps going around and around Break Going around and around verse 4 Betty Joe Johnson don?t you pull no Daisy Mae on me Daisy Mae she did me dirty so I had to leave her for Anna Lee Anna Lee she had big street feet she spends her nights out on the road So I started seeing Sally Jackson I had to let old Anna Lee go Sally Jackson was a player had another man along with me So I just took me one step backwards checked up on old Anna Lee Anna Lee still had them street feet Like to dance all night and sleep all day So I just took one more step backwards checked up on old Daisy Mae Daisy Mae is still doing dirty so I tell you what I had to do I had to go just one step further Betty Joe Johnson And that?s how I know you Verse 5 Said he looked at the places talk to the faces that he seen Then he turned the pictures upside down Said it don?t make no difference how many places that you?ve been Said the world keeps going around and around Break Going around and around Outro e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|----------0-----------0----------0----------0--| D|-------2-----------2----------2----------2-----| A|----2----------2------------2---------2--------| E|--0---------0------------0---------0-----------|

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Cette chanson évoque l'idée que, peu importe les expériences et les lieux que l'on traverse dans la vie, le monde continue de tourner, indifférent à nos joies et nos peines. Le narrateur se remémore des souvenirs et des relations passées, tout en réalisant que ces hauts et ces bas font partie d'un cycle inévitable. Le message est simple : peu importe nos choix et nos déceptions, la vie poursuit son cours. Le contexte de la chanson semble ancrer les réflexions du narrateur dans des relations amoureuses complexes, soulignant les erreurs et les leçons que l’on apprend en chemin. Cela semble parler de la nature humaine et de notre tendance à répéter certains schémas, tout en acceptant que la vie, avec ses hauts et ses bas, ne s'arrête jamais vraiment.

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