Yesterday, a child came out to wonder
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Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
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Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
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And tearful at the falling of a star
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And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
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And the painted ponies go up and down
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We're captive on the carousel of time
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We can't return we can only look behind
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From where we came
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And go round and round and round
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In the circle game
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Then, the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
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Skated over ten clear frozen streams
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Words like, "When you're older", must appease him
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And promises of someday make his dreams
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And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
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And the painted ponies go up and down
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We're captive on the carousel of time
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We can't return we can only look behind
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From where we came
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And go round and round and round
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In the circle game
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Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
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Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
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And they tell him, "Take your time. It won't be long now.
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'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down"
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And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
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And the painted ponies go up and down
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We're captive on the carousel of time
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We can't return we can only look behind
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From where we came
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And go round and round and round
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In the circle game
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So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
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Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
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There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
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Before the last revolving year is through.
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And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
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And the painted ponies go up and down
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We're captive on the carousel of time
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We can't return, we can only look behind
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From where we came
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And go round and 'round and 'round
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In the circle game
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And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.
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CIRCLE GAME
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| Joni Mitchell |
