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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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 Posted - Feb 07 2010 : 8:14:50 PM
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Julia's post made me think of this song by Joni Mitchell...
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
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
Were captive on the carousel of time
We cant 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 up his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
Were 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
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him,
Take your time, because it wont be long now
Till you drag your feet just to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
Were 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
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 there will plenty of new dreams before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
Were 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
~ Melody
Farm Girl #525
www.melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2010 : 8:22:54 PM
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Profound, as Joni Mitchell and many of her ilk were. There is nothing new under the sun.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 06:49:46 AM
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I love that song, one of my Joni Mitchell favorites!
Sewing, knitting, gardening mom of 5. |
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