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The Circle Game

Joni Mitchell
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Yesterday a child
came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar E
Fearful when the sky And the seasons they
was full of thunder go round and round
And tearful at the falling of a star And the painted ponies
go up and down
Then the child moved We're captive on
ten times round the seasons the carousel of time C
Skated over ten We can't return
clear frozen streams we can only look behind
Words like, when you're older, From where we came I
must appease him And go round and round and round
And promises of someday In the circle game R
make his dreams
So the years spin by

And the seasons they and now the boy is twenty C
go round and round Though his dreams have lost some
And the painted ponies grandeur coming true
go up and down There'll be new dreams, L
We're captive on maybe better dreams and plenty
the carousel of time Before the last
We can't return revolving year is through E
we can only look behind
From where we came And the seasons they
And go round and round and round go round and round
In the circle game And the painted ponies
go up and down
Sixteen springs and We're captive on G
sixteen summers gone now the carousel of time
Cartwheels turn to car wheels We can't return, A
through the town we can only look behind
And they tell him, From where we came
Take your time, And go round and round and round M
it won't be long now In the circle game
Till you drag your feet
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