The Circle Game-Maureen Mcgovern

[ti:The Circle Game] [ar:Maureen Mcgovern] [al:jazz awards] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Circle Game - Maureen Mcgovern [00:12.41]Yesterday a child came out to wonder [00:20.79]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar [00:24.95] [00:28.90]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder [00:36.47]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:44.93]And the seasons they go round and round [00:48.83]And the painted ponies go up and dawn [00:53.85]Were captive on the carousel of time [01:01.85]We cant return we con only look behind [01:05.78]From where we came [01:10.72]And go round and round and round [01:14.79]In the circle game [01:20.29]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons [01:28.35]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [01:35.04]Words like when youre older must appease him [01:44.36]And promises of someday make his dreams [01:52.38]And the seasons they go round and round [01:56.34]And the painted ponies go up and dawn [01:59.46]Were captive on the carousel of time [02:09.25]We cant return we con only look behind [02:12.82]From where we came [02:17.01]And go round and round and round [02:20.15]In the circle game [02:25.42]Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now [02:33.50]Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town [02:41.10]And they tell him [02:42.86]Take your time it wont be long now [02:48.97]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down [02:57.28]And the seasons they go round and round [03:00.95]And the painted ponies go up and dawn [03:05.82]Were captive on the carousel of time [03:13.44]We cant return we can only look behind [03:18.38]From where we came [03:22.64]And go round and round and round [03:26.72]In the circle game [03:36.05]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty [03:43.95]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur [03:48.35]Coming true [03:52.11]Therell be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty [03:57.59]Before the last revolving year is through [04:05.03] [04:07.98]And the seasons they go round and round [04:12.32]And the painted ponies go up and down [04:17.31]Were captive on the carousel of time [04:25.22]We cant return we can only look behind [04:29.62]From where we came [04:36.41]And go round and round and round [04:41.51]And go round and round and round [04:46.87]Round and round and round [04:52.16]In the circle game