Key: C
Introduction:
C F C G
Yesterday a child came out to wonder,
C F G Bb
caught a dragonfly inside a jar,
C F Em
fearful when the sky was full of thunder,
F C G C
and tearful at the falling of a star.
C F C G
Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons,
C F G Bb
skated over ten clear frozen streams.
C F Em
Words like, ?when you?re olderâ?, must appease him,
F C G C
and promises of someday make his dreams.
C F C
And the seasons, they go'round and round,
C 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
C G C F C F
and go round and round and round In the circle game.
C F C G
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now,
C F G Bb
cartwheels lost to car wheels through the town.
C F Em
And you tell him, ?Take your time, it won?t be long now,
F C G C
till you drag your feet to slow the circles down.â?
C F C G
So the boy could be tomorrow, now he?s twenty,
C F G Bb
though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true.
C F Em
There?ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams, and plenty,
F C G C
before the last revolving year is through.
C F C
And the seasons, they go round and round,
C F C
and the painted ponies go up and down,
F C
we?re captive on the carousel of time.
F Em F
We can?t return, we can only look behind from where we came,
C F
and go round and round and round,
C F
and go round and round and round,
C F
and go round and round and round, (in the circle game).