Joni Mitchell - Circle game (lyrics)

Brilliant folk song from the brilliant Canadian singer from the brilliant album "Ladies of the canyon" (1970):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7uySNpUyw

Lyrics:

Yesterday, a child came out to wonder,

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder,

And tearful at the falling of a star

And the seasons, they go round and round,

And the painted ponies go up and down,

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came,

And go round and round and round in the circle game

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons,

Skated over ten clear, frozen streams

Words like, 'when you're older,' must appease him,

And promises of someday make his dreams

And the seasons, they go round and round,

And the painted ponies go up and down,

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came,

And go round and round and round in the circle game

Sixteen Springs and sixteen Summers gone now,

Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town

And they tell him, take your time, it won't be long now,

Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

And the seasons, they go round and round,

And the painted ponies go up and down,

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came,

And go round and round and round in the circle game

So, the years spin by and now the boy is twenty,

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty,

Before the last revolving year is through

And the seasons, they go round and round,

And the painted ponies go up and down,

We're captive on the carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came,

And go round and round and round in the circle game

And go round and round and round in the circle game