Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game Lyrics
Yesterday a child came out to wonderCaught a dragonfly inside a jarFearful when the sky was full of thunderAnd tearful at the falling of a starThen the child moved ten times round the seasonsSkated over ten clear frozen streamsWords like, when youre older, must appease himAnd promises of someday make his dreamsAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWere captive on the carousel of timeWe cant return we can only look behindFrom where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle gameSixteen springs and sixteen summers gone nowCartwheels turn to car wheels thru the townAnd they tell him,Take your time, it wont be long nowTill you drag your feet to slow the circles downAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWere captive on the carousel of timeWe cant return we can only look behindFrom where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle gameSo the years spin by and now the boy is twentyThough his dreams have lost some grandeur coming trueTherell be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plentyBefore the last revolving year is throughAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWere captive on the carousel of timeWe cant return, we can only look behindFrom where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle game
