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The Circle Game
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The Circle Game was released on January 1, 1967 by Vanguard Records as a part of the album Fire & Fleet & Candlelight
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yesterday, a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[Verse 5]
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels lost to car wheels through the town
And you'd tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now"
Till you drag your feet to slow those circles down
[Verse 6]
So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
They'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams, and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
[Verse 7]
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
[Verse 8]
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 round (In the circle game)
And go round and round and round (In the circle game)
Written by: Joni Mitchell
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