[00:00.18]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:09.29]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
[00:16.58]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:24.27]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:33.06]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
[00:40.63]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[00:47.94]Words like, when youre older, must appease him
[00:55.78]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:03.49]And the seasons they go round and round
[01:08.06]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:11.91]Were captive on the carousel of time
[01:19.83]We cant return we can only look behind
[01:24.19]From where we came
[01:26.79]And go round and round and round
[01:30.21]In the circle game
[01:33.05]
[01:35.52]Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
[01:42.86]Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
[01:50.16]And they tell him,
[01:52.06]Take your time, it wont be long now
[01:58.31]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:05.89]And the seasons they go round and round
[02:10.66]And the painted ponies go up and down
[02:14.75]Were captive on the carousel of time
[02:22.42]We cant return we can only look behind
[02:27.02]From where we came
[02:29.56]And go round and round and round
[02:33.18]In the circle game
[02:36.53]
[02:37.68]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
[02:45.18]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
[02:52.96]Therell be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
[03:01.25]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:08.89]And the seasons they go round and round
[03:13.59]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:17.48]Were captive on the carousel of time
[03:25.29]We cant return, we can only look behind
[03:29.59]From where we came
[03:34.49]And go round and round and round
[03:45.62]In the circle game