What Goes Around Comes Around Lyrics - Manhattan Transfer

It was cool in the fifties scattin' to 

jazz and be-bop 

It was the sound they were throwin' down 

From LA to New York and 

in every town 

And with the rhythm in your souls 

Add a hip-hop and bop n' 

just so ya know 

This thing it's back swing is king, 

call it New Jack 

(Chorus) 

What goes around, comes around 

(And that's the way it goes) 

What goes around comes around and 

comes around 

Like that, a riff and a rhythm 

What goes around, comes around 

(And that's the way it goes) 

What goes around, comes around 

Like that, like that 

Round, round and round 

round we go 

Round, round and round 

round we go 

People stomped in the cities 

jumpin' to the groove of the music 

They rocked and jammed 

with the hipster clan 

In the clubs, in the streets 

and on every beat 

And with the be-bop in their souls 

They took the swing thing and 

started to roll 

And now it's a fact a little hip-hop 

and bop has found a way back 

(Repeat Chorus) 

Be-bop, hip-hop, 

hep hop don't stop 

Be-bop, hip-hop, 

add pop don't stop 

(Rap) 

Bix he had a bag of tricks 

Parker came along exactly when 

he changed the mix 

Sax made a bang, 

Monk made a change 

And be-bop laid the tracks 

for the Coltrane 

They were getting busy, 

a trumpet pumped 

Your head got Dizzy and 

you started to bump 

They had a style, 

beat was the backbone 

You could see for Miles, 

Mr. Philly Joe Jones 

You may not realize swing 

was here before 

Because it's disguised and we've 

added so much more 

The time is now to show you how 

to get the groove into your shoes 

(Repeat Chorus) 

Round, round and round 

round we go 

Round, round and round 

round we go 

(Repeat) 

What goes around and round 

Must come around and around 

(Repeat)