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And go round and round and go round and round and go round and round and go round and round and round in… Yesterday a child came out to wander Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star 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 Till you drag your feet to slow the circle 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 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 And go round and round And go round and round And go round and round And go round and round and round in…