[id:$00000000] [ti:The Circle Game] [ar:Zee Avi] [00:01.02]The Circle Game - Zee Avi [00:09.25]Yesterday a child came out to wonder [00:17.51]Caught a dragon fly inside a jar [00:26.15]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder [00:33.82]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:43.49]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons [00:51.77]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [01:00.50]Words like when you're older must appease him [01:08.11]And promises of someday make his dreams [01:17.12]And the seasons they go round and round [01:21.62]And the painted ponies go up and down [01:26.38]We're captive on the carousel of time [01:35.13]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [01:42.21]And go round and round and round in the circle game [01:51.78]Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now [02:00.37]Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town [02:07.88]And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now [02:16.76]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down [02:25.62]And the seasons they go round and round [02:29.85]And the painted ponies go up and down [02:35.13]We're captive on the carousel of time [02:43.69]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [02:50.74]And go round and round and round in the circle game [02:59.72]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty [03:08.07]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true [03:17.01]There's be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty [03:25.25]Before the last revolving year is through [03:34.27]And the seasons they go round and round [03:38.58]And the painted ponies go up and down [03:43.67]We're captive on the carousel of time [03:52.22]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [03:59.35]And go round and round and round in the circle game [04:08.04]And go round and round and round in the circle game