Peak
13
Weeks
13
Score
1,895
Chart Year
1972
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"Roundabout" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes from their fourth studio album Fragile, released in November 1971. It was written by singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe and produced by the band and Eddy Offord. The song originated when the band were on tour and travelled from Aberdeen to Glasgow, and went through many roundabouts on the way.
I'll be the roundabout The words will make you out 'n' out I spend the day your way Call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley The music dance and sing They make the children really ring I spend the day your way Call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you I will remember you Your silhouette will charge the view Of distant atmosphere Call it morning driving thru the sound and even in the valley In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you Along the drifting cloud the eagle searching down on the land Catching the swirling wind the sailor sees the rim of the land The eagle's dancing wings create as weather spins out of hand Go closer hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand We stand to lose all time a thousand answers by in our hand Next to your deeper fears we stand surrounded by million years I'll be the roundabout The words will make you out 'n' out I'll be the roundabout The words will make you out 'n' out In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there Twenty four before my love and I'll be there I'll be the roundabout The words will make you out 'n' out You spend the day your way Call it morning driving thru the sound and in and out the valley In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 12, 1972 | 88 | 38 |
| 2 | Feb 19, 1972 | 62 | 64 |
| 3 | Feb 26, 1972 | 48 | 78 |
| 4 | Mar 4, 1972 | 39 | 87 |
| 5 | Mar 11, 1972 | 32 | 94 |
| 6 | Mar 18, 1972 | 28 | 98 |
| 7 | Mar 25, 1972 | 20 | 106 |
| 8 | Apr 1, 1972 | 17 | 109 |
| 9 | Apr 8, 1972 | 14 | 112 |
| 10 | Apr 15, 1972 | 13 | 113 |
| 11 | Apr 22, 1972 | 13 | 113 |
| 12 | Apr 29, 1972 | 25 | 101 |
| 13 | May 6, 1972 | 32 | 94 |