The Circle Game-Nikki Yanofsky

[00:09.97]Yesterday a child came out to wonder [00:16.66] [00:17.88]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar [00:23.25] [00:25.69]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder [00:32.13] [00:33.13]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:38.79] [00:40.91]And the seasons they go round and round [00:44.66]And the painted ponies go up and down [00:48.28] [00:49.54]We're captive on the carousel of time [00:55.72] [00:57.36]We can't return we can only look [00:59.91] [01:00.54]Behind from where we came [01:02.97] [01:03.60]And go round and round and round [01:06.86] [01:07.47]In the circle game [01:08.61] [01:12.70]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons [01:17.07] [01:20.07]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [01:25.48] [01:27.92]Words like when you're older must appease him [01:34.39] [01:35.51]And promises of someday make his dreams [01:40.77] [01:43.41]And seasons the they go round and round [01:47.00]And the painted ponies go up and down [01:50.62] [01:52.12]We're captive on the carousel of time [01:56.37] [01:59.86]We can't return we can only look [02:02.42] [02:03.05]Behind from where we came [02:05.36] [02:06.23]And go round and round and round [02:09.30] [02:09.87]In the circle game [02:11.87] [02:15.14]Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now [02:20.46] [02:22.78]Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town [02:26.98] [02:29.98]And they tell him take your time it won't be long now [02:35.18] [02:37.75]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down [02:44.06] [02:45.68]And the seasons they go round and round [02:49.37]And the painted ponies go up and down [02:53.06] [02:54.56]We're captive on the carousel of time [03:00.08] [03:02.33]We can't return we can only look [03:05.21]Behind from where we came [03:07.83] [03:08.59]And go round and round and round [03:11.83] [03:12.45]the circle In game [03:14.19] [03:16.81]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty [03:22.79] [03:24.54]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true [03:30.87] [03:31.74]There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty [03:37.88] [03:40.50]Before the last revolving year is through [03:45.10] [03:48.05]And the seasons they go round and round [03:52.05]And the painted ponies go up and down [03:55.55] [03:56.98]We're captive on the carousel of time [04:02.88] [04:04.69]We can't return we can only look [04:07.63]Behind from where we came [04:11.52]And go round and round and round [04:14.16] [04:14.72]In the circle game [04:16.16] [04:19.16]And go round and round and round [04:22.80] [04:23.61]In the circle game