Yesterday a child come out to wonder
Caught a dragon fly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
And the seasons they go round and
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
And go round and round and
Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now
Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town
And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
And go round and round and
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There's be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
And go round and round and
And go round and round and