The Circle Game-Joni Mitchell

[ti:The Circle Game] [ar:Joni Mitchell] [al:Travelogue CD 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell (琼尼·米契儿) [00:09.59]Written by：Roma Ryan [00:19.19]Yesterday a child came out to wonder [00:29.54]Caught a dragon fly inside a jar [00:39.81]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder [00:49.40]And tearful at the falling of a star [00:59.29]And the seasons they go round and round [01:05.44]And the painted ponies go up and down [01:11.22]We're captive on the carousel of time [01:20.72]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [01:30.49]And go round and round and round in the circle game [01:44.84]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons [01:54.62]Skated over ten clear frozen streams [02:05.09]Words like when you're older must appease him [02:13.88]And promises of someday make his dreams [02:24.04]And the seasons they go round and round [02:29.83]And the painted ponies go up and down [02:35.27]We're captive on the carousel of time [02:44.74]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [02:54.20]And go round and round and round in the circle game [03:08.34]Six teen springs and six teen summers gone now [03:17.84]Cart wheels turn to car wheels thou' the town [03:26.63]And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now [03:36.37]Till you drag your feet just to slow the circles down [03:46.58]And the seasons they go round and round [03:52.33]And the painted ponies go up and down [03:57.74]We're captive on the carousel of time [04:06.88]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [04:15.82]And go round and round and round in the circle game [04:30.02]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty [04:37.64]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true [04:47.68]There's be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty [04:57.25]Before the last revolving year is through [05:06.83]And the seasons they go round and round [05:12.47]And the painted ponies go up and down [05:17.84]We're captive on the carousel of time [05:27.03]We can't return we can only look behind from where we came [05:36.06]And go round and round and round [05:46.49]Round and round in the circle game