[00:07.02]Yesterday a child came out to wonder
[00:13.83]Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
[00:20.91]Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
[00:27.44]And tearful at the falling of a star
[00:34.48]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[00:37.90]And the painted ponies go up and down
[00:42.48]We're captive on the carousel of time
[00:49.28]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[00:55.06]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[01:03.04]Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
[01:10.09]Skated over ten clear frozen streams
[01:16.84]Words like, when you're older must appease him
[01:23.41]And promises of someday make his dreams
[01:30.49]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[01:33.75]And the painted ponies go up and down
[01:38.22]We're captive on the carousel of time
[01:45.12]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[01:51.14]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[01:58.88]16 springs and 16 summers gone now
[02:05.74]Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
[02:12.38]And they tell him, take your time, it won't be long now
[02:19.44]'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[02:26.44]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[02:29.89]And the painted ponies go up and down
[02:34.29]We're captive on the carousel of time
[02:41.16]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[02:47.35]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[02:55.51]So the years spin by and now the boy is 20
[03:03.63]Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
[03:10.66]There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
[03:17.65]Before the last revolving year is through
[03:24.85]And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
[03:28.40]And the painted ponies go up and down
[03:32.86]We're captive on the carousel of time
[03:39.50]We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
[03:45.70]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[03:52.86]And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game