[00:00.64]Circle Game
[00:05.88]- Joni Mitchell
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[00:11.03]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:19.18]Caught a dragon fly inside a jar
[00:27.50]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:35.61]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:43.45]And the seasons they go round and round
[00:47.57]And the painted ponies go up and down
[00:52.88]We're captive on the carousel of time
[01:00.60]We can't return we can only look
[01:04.03]behind from where we came
[01:07.38]And go round and round and round
[01:11.02]in the circle game
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[01:16.39]Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
[01:24.72]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[01:32.96]Words like when you're older must appease him
[01:40.51]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:48.83]And the seasons they go round and round
[01:52.92]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:58.27]We're captive on the carousel of time
[02:05.92]We can't return we can only look
[02:09.51]behind from where we came
[02:12.72]And go round and round and round
[02:16.23]in the circle game
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[02:21.97]Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now
[02:29.95]Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town
[02:37.41]And they tell him take you're time
[02:40.82]it won't be long now
[02:45.71]Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:53.83]And the seasons they go round and round
[02:57.95]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:03.22]We're captive on the carousel of time
[03:11.11]We can't return we can only look
[03:14.47]behind from where we came
[03:17.81]And go round and round and round
[03:21.34]in the circle game
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[03:26.30]So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
[03:34.38]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur
[03:38.27]coming true
[03:42.52]There's be new dreams may be better
[03:46.07]dreams and plenty
[03:50.47]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:58.89]And the seasons they go round and round
[04:02.77]And the painted ponies go up and down
[04:08.06]We're captive on the carousel of time
[04:15.60]We can't return we can only look
[04:19.12]behind from where we came
[04:22.50]And go round and round and round
[04:25.99]in the circle game
[04:31.02]And go round and round and round
[04:34.27]in the circle game
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