Lyric

Tiptoe, taptoe, tin-key grin

Clockwork heart in a velvet spin

White gloves flash, and I lean in

Down, down, down the spiral again

Pocket watch blink, silver and sly

One little twist and I fly, I fly

Rabbit ears twitch at the stairwell bend

Who’s at the bottom? Me, my friend

Ssh-oo, hush now

Count me out loud

One, two, three

Then I’m gone in the crowd

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Schwing, schwing

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Hey now

I land light as a lucky dare

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Marble step with a marzipan crack

Black bow tie and a foxed-up stack

I wink at the brass, then I double back

Tick, tick, tick on the turning track

Top hat lean and a polka-dot blur

I know that grin, and the grin is hers

Clarinet laughs in a peppery line

We all go tumbling, looking divine

Ssh-oo, hush now

Count me out loud

One, two, three

Then I’m gone in the crowd

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Schwing, schwing

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Hey now

I land light as a lucky dare

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Stop-time snap, then I freeze

One paw up, one knee to please

Horn comes in like a ribbon of fire

I spin that room a little higher

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Schwing, schwing

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Hey now

I land light as a lucky dare

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Schwing, schwing

Shuffle down the spiral stairs

Hey now

I land light as a lucky dare

Shuffle down the spiral stairs