Paroles de The circle game

Joni Mitchell

Date de parution : 01/07/1973

Durée : 0:04:52

Style : Pop

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragon fly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was so 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
Cart wheels turn to carwheels through the town
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circ