The Circle Game

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

And tearful at the falling of a star

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now

Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town

And they say take your time

Take your time, it won't be long now

Untill you drag your feet to slow the circles down

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and dawn

Were captive on the carousel of time

We can't return we can only look behind

From where we came

And we go round and round

And we go round and round and round

In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the girl is twenty

Though her dreams have lost some grandeur

Coming true

There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

Before the last revolving year is through

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

Were captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look behind

From where we came

And we go round and round

And we go round and round and round

In the circle game

And we go round and round

And we go round and round

And we go round and round

And we go round and round

And we go