| 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 |
| Then the child moved ten times round the seasons |
| Skated over ten year frozen streams |
| Words like when youre 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 |
| Were captive on the carousel of time |
| We cant 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 |
| Cart wheels cross to car wheels through the town |
| And you tell him, «Take your time, it wont be long now» |
| Till you drag your feet to slow those circles down |
| So the boy who dreamed tomorrow, now is twenty |
| Though his dreams have lost some grandeur, coming true |
| Therell be new dreams, maybe better dreams a plenty |
| Before the last revolving year is through |
| And the seasons they go round and round |
| And the painted ponies go up and down |
| Were captive on the carousel of time |
| We cant return, we can only look behind from where we came |
| And go round and round and round in the circle game |