[00:07.09]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:13.81]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
[00:20.93]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:27.47]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:34.45]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[00:37.92]And the painted ponies go up and down
[00:42.42]We're captive on the carousel of time
[00:49.28]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[00:55.10]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[01:03.00]Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
[01:10.03]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[01:16.86]Words like, when you're older must appease him
[01:23.46]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:30.49]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[01:33.72]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:38.28]We're captive on the carousel of time
[01:45.18]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[01:51.16]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[01:58.83]16 springs and 16 summers gone now
[02:05.73]Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
[02:12.34]And they tell him, take your time, it won't be long now
[02:19.47]'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:26.45]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[02:29.89]And the painted ponies go up and down
[02:34.28]We're captive on the carousel of time
[02:41.14]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[02:47.37]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[02:55.50]So the years spin by and now the boy is 20
[03:03.67]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
[03:10.68]There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
[03:17.61]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:24.87]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[03:28.40]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:32.85]We're captive on the carousel of time
[03:39.54]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[03:45.66]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[03:52.87]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game