JONI MITCHELL - The Circle Game lyrics
rate meYesterday a child came out to wonder<br>Caught a dragonfly inside a jar<br>Fearful when the sky was full of thunder<br>And tearful at the falling of a star<br>Then the child moved ten times round the seasons<br>Skated over ten clear frozen streams<br>Words like, when you're older, must appease him<br>And promises of someday make his dreams<br>And the seasons they go round and round<br>And the painted ponies go up and down<br>We're captive on the carousel of time<br>We can't return we can only look behind<br>From where we came<br>And go round and round and round<br>In the circle game<br><br>Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now<br>Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town<br>And they tell him,<br>Take your time, it won't be long now<br>Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down<br>And the seasons they go round and round<br>And the painted ponies go up and down<br>We're captive on the carousel of time<br>We can't return we can only look behind<br>From where we came<br>And go round and round and round<br>In the circle game<br><br>So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty<br>Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true<br>There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty<br>Before the last revolving year is through<br>And the seasons they go round and round<br>And the painted ponies go up and down<br>We're captive on the carousel of time<br>We can't return, we can only look behind<br>From where we came<br>And go round and round and round<br>In the circle game
