[00:07.76]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:14.67]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
[00:21.46]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:27.82]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:33.31]
[00:34.69]And the seasons they go round and round
[00:38.18]And the painted ponies go up and down
[00:42.57]We're captive on the carousel of time
[00:49.29]We can't return we can only look
[00:52.30]Behind from where we came
[00:54.91]And go round and round and round
[00:57.92]In the circle game
[01:01.44]
[01:02.63]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
[01:09.44]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[01:16.35]Words like when you're older must appease him
[01:22.65]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:28.78]
[01:29.62]And the seasons they go round and round
[01:33.11]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:37.37]We're captive on the carousel of time
[01:44.12]We can't return we can only look
[01:46.95]Behind from where we came
[01:49.81]And go round and round and round
[01:52.80]In the circle game *
[01:55.97]
[01:57.73]Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
[02:04.48]Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
[02:10.87]And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
[02:17.69]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:23.09]
[02:24.51]And the seasons they go round and round
[02:28.08]And the painted ponies go up and down
[02:32.45]We're captive on the carousel of time
[02:39.08]We can't return we can only look
[02:42.02]Behind from where we came
[02:44.79]And go round and round and round
[02:47.88]In the circle game
[02:50.98]
[02:53.05]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
[03:00.81]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
[03:07.64]There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
[03:14.49]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:19.94]
[03:21.19]And the seasons they go round and round
[03:24.73]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:28.97]We're captive on the carousel of time
[03:35.65]We can't return we can only look
[03:38.63]Behind from where we came
[03:41.35]And go round and round and round
[03:44.61]In the circle game
[03:46.77]
[03:48.32]And go round and round and round
[03:51.26]In the circle game