Joni Mitchell – The Circle Game

Joni Mitchell – The Circle Game Lyrics

Artist: Joni Mitchell
Song: The Circle Game

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
‘Til 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
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Joni Mitchell Lyrics – The Circle Game

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Release Year: 1970