The Circle Game

[Verse 1]

Yesterday a child came out to wander

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

And tearful at the falling of a star

[Verse 2]

Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons

Skated over ten clear frozen streams

Words like "When you're older" must appease him

And promises of someday make his dreams

[Chorus]

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on a carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind from where we came

And go 'round and 'round and 'round

In the circle game

[Verse 3]

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now

Cartwheels lost to car wheels through the town

And you tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now

'Til you drag your feet to slow them circles down"

[Verse 4]

So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur comin' true

There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

Before the last revolving year is through

[Chorus]

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on a carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind from where we came

And go 'round and 'round and 'round

In the circle game

[Outro]

('Round and 'round and 'round and 'round and)

('Round and 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round)