My Circle Game

今天拼了
大家都說明天那張是Killer Paper
我為自己若無其事般地聽莊尼米雀兒的舉動有點不知所措

但是季節如此美好－－季節、圓圈圈、前進、峰迴路轉的

她說："This is a song about seasons, and circles, and going on, and going round, it's called The Circle Game."

她太迷人了
Period.

Both Sides Now and The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell

1968年CBC版本，芳醇自是不必多說。

The Circle Game
Yesterday a child came out to wonder,
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar.
Fearful when the sky is full of thunder,
And tearful at the falling of a star.

*Chorus:
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,
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

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.

*Chorus.

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now,
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town.
And they tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now,
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circle down."

*Chorus.

So the years spin by and now the boy 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.

*Chorus.