Round (and around and around and around)
Round (and around and around and around)
Round (and around and around and around)
Round (and around and around and around)
Yesterday a child came out to wander
He caught a dragonfly inside a jar
He was fearful, when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies goes up and down
We're captive of a carrousel 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
Round (and round and round)
The circle game (round and round and round)
Round and round (round and round and round)
Round and round (round and round and round)
Then the child moved ten times around the seasons
He skated over ten clear frozen streams
And 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 a carousel of time (on a carousel)
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
(Round and round - round and round)
Round and around
16 springs and 16 summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him: "Take your time, it won't be long now
'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down"
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
(We're) We're captive on a carousel of time (on a carousel)
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle (round and round) game
Around (round and round and round)
Around
So the years spin by and now the boy is 20 (round and round and)
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 a carousel of time (on a carousel - on a carousel)
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round,
In the circle game (round and round and)
The circle game (round and round)
Round and round (round and round and round)
Yeah
Round and round
In the circle game