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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gil Scott-Heron
Vocals
Brian Jackson
Piano
Bernard Purdie
Drums
Burt Jones
Electric Guitar
Johnny Pate
Conductor
Ron Carter
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gil Scott-Heron
Songwriter
Brian Jackson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ray Hall
Mixing Engineer
Bob Simpson
Mixing Engineer
Bob Thiel
Producer
Lillian Seyfert
Assistant Producer
Lyrics
A circle spinning faster
And getting larger all the time
A whirlpool spelled disaster
For all the people who don't rhyme
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
Understand, understand, understand
A brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now
And leave the hate and fear behind
All the millions spent for killing
Seems the whole world must be dying
All the children who go hungry
How much food we could be buying
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
Understand, understand, understand
A brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now
And leave the hate and fear behind
People wake up every morning
And simply push their lives aside
They seem to carry all their feelings
Crushed and crumbled up inside
Inside, inside, inside
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him who just don't understand
So I went to see my father
Many questions on my mind
But he didn't want to answer me
God, the whole world must be blind
Him who don't fit through the needle's eye
Him may someday go insane
Insane, insane, insane
Without a brand new sense of freedom
A brand new sense of time
Him may go and stand alone now
And leave the hate and fear behind, yeah, behind, yeah
Writer(s): Gil Scott-heron, Brian Jackson
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