Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragon fly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And t earful at the f alling of a star
Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're o lder, must ap pease him
And promises of s omeday make his dre ams
And the seasons, they go ' round and ' round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're c aptured on a 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 gon e now
Cartwheels turn to c ar wheels through the town
And they tell him, take your time it won't be long now
'Till you drag your feet to s low the circles d own
So the years spin by a nd now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some g randeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Befo re the last rev olving year is th rough
And the seasons, they go ' round and ' round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're c aptured on a 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