The Circle Game - Zee Avi

[00:08.950]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:17.200]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
[00:25.900]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:33.850]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:43.260]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
[00:51.900]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[01:00.080]Words like when you're older must appease him
[01:08.100]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:16.970]And the seasons they go round and round
[01:21.840]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:26.430]We're captive on the carousel of time
[01:34.950]We can't return we can only look
[01:38.580]Behind from where we came
[01:41.900]And go round and round and round
[01:46.150]In the circle game
[01:51.570]Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
[02:00.070]Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
[02:07.710]And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
[02:16.480]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:25.330]And the seasons they go round and round
[02:30.370]And the painted ponies go up and down
[02:34.960]We're captive on the carousel of time
[02:43.590]We can't return we can only look
[02:47.590]Behind from where we came
[02:50.390]And go round and round and round
[02:55.150]In the circle game
[02:59.670]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
[03:08.200]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
[03:16.860]There'll be good dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
[03:25.430]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:34.200]And the seasons they go round and round
[03:38.500]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:43.190]We're captive on the carousel of time
[03:52.080]We can't return we can only look
[03:55.570]Behind from where we came
[03:59.360]And go round and round and round
[04:03.180]In the circle game
[04:07.390]And go round and round and round
[04:12.150]In the circle game