The Circle Game-Buffy Sainte-Marie

[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