The Circle Game (Take One)-Tom Rush

[ti:The Circle Game (Take One)] [ar:Tom Rush] [al:The Circle Game (Expanded & Re] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Circle Game (Take One) - Tom Rush [00:21.47]Yesterday a child came [00:25.04]Out to wonder [00:26.28] [00:31.34]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar [00:36.13] [00:40.75]Fearful when the sky [00:44.31]Was full of thunder [00:45.99] [00:50.99]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:56.43] [01:40.56]Then the child moved ten [01:42.44]Times round the seasons [01:44.24] [01:49.42]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [01:53.98] [01:58.79]Words like when you're [02:01.22]Older must appease him [02:04.03] [02:08.96]And promises of someday make his dreams [02:14.76] [02:57.04]And the seasons they go round and round [03:01.29] [03:02.84]And the painted ponies go up and dawn [03:05.72] [03:07.96]Were captive on the carousel of time [03:10.95] [03:17.01]We can't return we con only look behind [03:21.81]From where we came [03:23.68] [03:24.93]And go round and round and round [03:29.80]In the circle game [03:32.23] [03:45.52]Sixteen springs and [03:46.77]Sixteen summers gone now [03:48.58] [03:53.58]Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town [03:56.94]And they tell him [03:58.38] [04:03.19]Take your time it won't be long now [04:07.61] [04:13.35]Till you drag your feet [04:14.92] [04:16.79]To slow the circles down [04:18.97] [04:22.03]And the seasons they go round and round [04:26.52] [04:27.90]And the painted ponies go up and dawn [04:31.22] [04:32.71]Were captive on the carousel of time [04:36.33] [04:41.83]We can't return we can only look behind [04:47.19]From where we came [04:48.87] [04:49.88]And go round and round and round [04:55.06]In the circle game [04:56.12] [05:02.35]So the years spin by [05:04.16] [05:04.67]And now the boy is twenty [05:06.85] [05:10.21]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur [05:12.92]Coming true [05:13.53]There'll be new dreams [05:14.85]Maybe better dreams and plenty [05:16.54]Before the last revolving year is through [05:18.79]And the seasons [05:19.78]They go round and round [05:21.21]And the painted ponies go up and down [05:23.34]Were captive on the [05:24.21]Carousel of time [05:24.90]We can't return we can only look behind [05:26.58]From where we came [05:27.39]And go round and round and round [05:29.14]In the circle game