[00:01.60]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:09.16]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
[00:14.48]
[00:16.47]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:22.29]
[00:24.29]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:29.10]
[00:32.85]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
[00:38.29]
[00:40.60]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[00:46.42]
[00:48.17]Words like, when youre older, must appease him
[00:53.29]
[00:55.92]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:01.73]
[01:03.54]And the seasons they go round and round
[01:08.17]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:12.48]Were captive on the carousel of time
[01:15.98]
[01:20.04]We cant return we can only look behind
[01:23.42]
[01:24.48]From where we came
[01:26.35]
[01:26.92]And go round and round and round
[01:29.61]
[01:30.85]In the circle game
[01:32.48]
[01:35.54]Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
[01:42.54]
[01:43.48]Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
[01:49.23]
[01:50.42]And they tell him,
[01:52.85]Take your time, it wont be long now
[01:56.54]
[01:58.36]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:02.98]
[02:06.54]And the seasons they go round and round
[02:10.92]
[02:11.48]And the painted ponies go up and down
[02:15.61]Were captive on the carousel of time
[02:19.73]
[02:22.86]We cant return we can only look behind
[02:27.17]
[02:27.79]From where we came
[02:30.36]And go round and round and round
[02:33.17]In the circle game
[02:35.23]
[02:38.11]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
[02:44.11]
[02:46.04]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
[02:50.67]
[02:53.30]Therell be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
[02:59.17]
[03:01.48]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:07.17]
[03:09.67]And the seasons they go round and round
[03:13.48]
[03:14.17]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:18.04]Were captive on the carousel of time
[03:20.86]
[03:26.36]We cant return, we can only look behind
[03:29.98]From where we came
[03:32.11]
[03:34.92]And go round and round and round
[03:37.19]
[03:48.01]In the circle game