Circle Game (live)-Joni Mitchell

[00:00.64]Circle Game [00:05.88]- Joni Mitchell [00:09.88] [00:11.03]Yesterday a child came out to wonder [00:19.18]Caught a dragon fly inside a jar [00:27.50]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder [00:35.61]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:43.45]And the seasons they go round and round [00:47.57]And the painted ponies go up and down [00:52.88]We're captive on the carousel of time [01:00.60]We can't return we can only look [01:04.03]behind from where we came [01:07.38]And go round and round and round [01:11.02]in the circle game [01:14.24] [01:16.39]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons [01:24.72]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [01:32.96]Words like when you're older must appease him [01:40.51]And promises of someday make his dreams [01:48.83]And the seasons they go round and round [01:52.92]And the painted ponies go up and down [01:58.27]We're captive on the carousel of time [02:05.92]We can't return we can only look [02:09.51]behind from where we came [02:12.72]And go round and round and round [02:16.23]in the circle game [02:19.88] [02:21.97]Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now [02:29.95]Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town [02:37.41]And they tell him take you're time [02:40.82]it won't be long now [02:45.71]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down [02:53.83]And the seasons they go round and round [02:57.95]And the painted ponies go up and down [03:03.22]We're captive on the carousel of time [03:11.11]We can't return we can only look [03:14.47]behind from where we came [03:17.81]And go round and round and round [03:21.34]in the circle game [03:24.41] [03:26.30]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty [03:34.38]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur [03:38.27]coming true [03:42.52]There's be new dreams may be better [03:46.07]dreams and plenty [03:50.47]Before the last revolving year is through [03:58.89]And the seasons they go round and round [04:02.77]And the painted ponies go up and down [04:08.06]We're captive on the carousel of time [04:15.60]We can't return we can only look [04:19.12]behind from where we came [04:22.50]And go round and round and round [04:25.99]in the circle game [04:31.02]And go round and round and round [04:34.27]in the circle game [04:39.46]