a moderate straight four, beginning on the pickup /. = bar-line)

You gotta be strong, not weak,
Be silent, but know when to speak.
You have to stand firm - but give a little lee-way
When you see it ain’t right for things to go your way.
Cause a square wheel just won’t roll.
/ / /
And tearing things apart, won’t mend anybody’s soul.
Yea it’s true you’ve got this goal,
I told you once, square wheels don’t roll.
Be silent..... / but know when to speak. / 1 2 3 4 / 1 2 3 4 /

2. You can’t be strong, and still cling to being weak,
Shout angry words, or let cold silence speak.
For things we’ve soon regret we’ve said
to our loved ones who’ve stood by us instead,
of giving up when our square wheels just won’t roll.
By tearing things down, you can’t build up your soul.
You gotta stand strong - but be strong enough to give-way,
when you see it’s the right way,
to give a little lee-way.
Cause square wheels - just don’t roll.
Ripping things apart, won’t mend any fences.
Yea it’s true you’ve got this goal.
But you won’t be getting there, on square wheels (that just don’t roll.)

3. We can’t both be weak and still be strong,
Either both of us are right or both of us are wrong.
We can’t both speak at once, and still be heard,
Golden silence is as strong as the strongest word.
Can’t both be strong and still act weak.
[Know when to be silent and know when to speak]
We have to stand firm - but give a little lee-way.
Know when to speak and know just what to say.
You can’t build up your life - by tearing down your soul.
Can’t get where you’re going - by racing out of control.
Know when to take and when to give,
When to forget and when to forgive.
When too fast is really spinning wheels in the dirt,
When too much wanting is just so much hurt.
Tearing things down don’t mend any fences.
Yea it’s true ; you’ve got this goal.....
But I told you once,
Square wheels just don’t roll.

©. 1995/2007 michael a. guy, all rights reserved
Lyric, basic rhythm, = Michael A. Guy, c. 1995, all rights reserved. 9.26.95