From where you sit you cannot see it 
No one watches anyway 
No one stops to listen for it 
Covered by the sounds of day 

But we each play our own part in it 
Nothing that you need to learn 
Every breath from birth to dying 
We all help the world to turn 

CHORUS: 
Turning like the water flowing 
From the mountains to the sea 
A gentle wind that keeps on blowing 
Pray that it will always be 
Turning around, this old world, turning around 

Through the window I can see you 
In the garden sewing seeds 
Hand and heart with rain and sunshine 
Growing what the family needs 

CHORUS: 
Need it like the water flowing 
From the mountains to the sea 
Keep the roots and branches growing 
Pray that they will always be 
Turning around, this old world, turning around 


All God's creatures have their own way 
Knowing how and what to do 
Buzzing bees and birds a singing 
Like I sing this song for you 

CHORUS: 
Sing it like the water flowing 
From the mountains to the sea 
This melody that keeps on going 
Pray that it will always be 
Turning around, this old world, turning around