| SONGS |
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| THE CIRCLE GAME |
| C F C Yesterday a child came out to wonder F G Caught a dragonfly inside a jar C F Em Fearful when the sky was full of thunder F G C And tearful at the falling of a star. C F F And the seasons they go round and round F C And the painted ponies go up and down F C We're captive on a carousel of time F Em F We can't return we can only look behind from where we came Em F G And go round and round and round in the circle game Then the moon moved ten times round the seasons Skated over ten clear frozen streams Words like "when you're older" must appease time And promises of someday make his dreams Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to carwheels round the town And you tell him take your time it won't be long now Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down 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 |
| by Joni Mitchell |