The Circle Game Lyrics - Calypso Carnival/the Warm Touch - Harry Belafonte

Yesterday a child came out to wonder 

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar 

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder 

And cheerful at the falling of a star 

And the seasons they go 'round and 'round 

And the painted ponies go up and down 

We're captives on the carousel of time 

We can't return, we can only look 

Behind from whence we came 

And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game 

Then the child grew 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 

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And the seasons they go 'round and 'round 

And the painted ponies go up and down 

We're captives on the carousel of time 

We can't return, we can only look 

Behind from whence we came 

And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game 

Sixteen Springs and sixteen Summers gone now 

Cartwheels lost to car wheels through the town 

And you tell him "Take your time" it won't be long now 

Till you drag you feet to slow the circles down 

So the boy who dreamed tomorrow now 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. 

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And the seasons they go 'round and 'round 

And the painted ponies go up and down 

We're captives on the carousel of time 

We can't return, we can only look 

Behind from whence we came 

And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game 

And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game