| [00:01.60] | Yesterday a child came out to wonder |
| [00:09.16] | Caught a dragonfly inside a jar |
| [00:14.48] | |
| [00:16.47] | Fearful when the sky was full of thunder |
| [00:22.29] | |
| [00:24.29] | And tearful at the falling of a star |
| [00:29.10] | |
| [00:32.85] | Then the child moved ten times round the seasons |
| [00:38.29] | |
| [00:40.60] | Skated over ten clear frozen streams |
| [00:46.42] | |
| [00:48.17] | Words like, when youre older, must appease him |
| [00:53.29] | |
| [00:55.92] | And promises of someday make his dreams |
| [01:01.73] | |
| [01:03.54] | And the seasons they go round and round |
| [01:08.17] | And the painted ponies go up and down |
| [01:12.48] | Were captive on the carousel of time |
| [01:15.98] | |
| [01:20.04] | We cant return we can only look behind |
| [01:23.42] | |
| [01:24.48] | From where we came |
| [01:26.35] | |
| [01:26.92] | And go round and round and round |
| [01:29.61] | |
| [01:30.85] | In the circle game |
| [01:32.48] | |
| [01:35.54] | Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now |
| [01:42.54] | |
| [01:43.48] | Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town |
| [01:49.23] | |
| [01:50.42] | And they tell him, |
| [01:52.85] | Take your time, it wont be long now |
| [01:56.54] | |
| [01:58.36] | Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down |
| [02:02.98] | |
| [02:06.54] | And the seasons they go round and round |
| [02:10.92] | |
| [02:11.48] | And the painted ponies go up and down |
| [02:15.61] | Were captive on the carousel of time |
| [02:19.73] | |
| [02:22.86] | We cant return we can only look behind |
| [02:27.17] | |
| [02:27.79] | From where we came |
| [02:30.36] | And go round and round and round |
| [02:33.17] | In the circle game |
| [02:35.23] | |
| [02:38.11] | So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty |
| [02:44.11] | |
| [02:46.04] | Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true |
| [02:50.67] | |
| [02:53.30] | Therell be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty |
| [02:59.17] | |
| [03:01.48] | Before the last revolving year is through |
| [03:07.17] | |
| [03:09.67] | And the seasons they go round and round |
| [03:13.48] | |
| [03:14.17] | And the painted ponies go up and down |
| [03:18.04] | Were captive on the carousel of time |
| [03:20.86] | |
| [03:26.36] | We cant return, we can only look behind |
| [03:29.98] | From where we came |
| [03:32.11] | |
| [03:34.92] | And go round and round and round |
| [03:37.19] | |
| [03:48.01] | In the circle game |