The Circle Game-Joni Mitchell

[00:00.000] 作词 : Joni Mitchell [00:01.000] 作曲 : Joni Mitchell [00:10.01]Yesterday a child came out to wonder [00:18.44]Caught a dragon fly inside a jar [00:26.96]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder [00:34.09]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:42.59]And the seasons they go round and round [00:46.81]And the painted ponies go up and down [00:52.09]We're captive on the carousel of time [00:59.96]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [01:07.02]And go round and round and round in the circle game [01:16.00]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons [01:24.07]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [01:32.01]Words like when you're older must appease him [01:39.78]And promises of someday make his dreams [01:47.94]And the seasons they go round and round [01:51.90]And the painted ponies go up and down [01:57.55]We're captive on the carousel of time [02:05.02]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [02:12.04]And go round and round and round in the circle game [02:21.24]Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now [02:29.03]Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town [02:35.89]And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now [02:45.05]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down [02:52.95]And the seasons they go round and round [02:57.06]And the painted ponies go up and down [03:01.91]We're captive on the carousel of time [03:10.07]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [03:16.99]And go round and round and round in the circle game [03:25.06]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty [03:33.14]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true [03:41.83]There's be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty [03:49.05]Before the last revolving year is through [03:57.98]And the seasons they go round and round [04:02.00]And the painted ponies go up and down [04:06.99]We're captive on the carousel of time [04:15.03]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [04:22.05]And go round and round and round in the circle game [04:29.96]And go round and round and round in the circle game [04:36.00]。。。。。。。。。。