tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168722839722053768.post294642310965274248..comments2023-08-24T05:46:25.162-05:00Comments on MindaThink: RebirthMindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02955272668964322627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168722839722053768.post-66485074838198543832008-07-24T20:38:00.000-05:002008-07-24T20:38:00.000-05:00I read this post a day ago, then was listening to ...I read this post a day ago, then was listening to Joni Mitchell tonight and suddenly a song I've heard a hundred times before became about your family; especially Andrew.<BR/><BR/>Funny how art can do that.<BR/><BR/>Here's "The Circle Game" by Joni; probably one of the 10 greatest musical artists/lyricists of the 20th century.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for giving new meaning to an old song.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7uySNpUyw<BR/><BR/>"The Circle Game" -- Joni Mitchell, 1970<BR/><BR/>Yesterday a child came out to wonder<BR/>Caught a dragonfly inside a jar<BR/>Fearful when the sky was full of thunder<BR/>And tearful at the falling of a star<BR/>Then the child moved ten times round the seasons<BR/>Skated over ten clear frozen streams<BR/>Words like, when you're older, must appease him<BR/>And promises of someday make his dreams<BR/>And the seasons they go round and round<BR/>And the painted ponies go up and down<BR/>We're captive on the carousel of time<BR/>We can't return we can only look behind<BR/>From where we came<BR/>And go round and round and round<BR/>In the circle game<BR/><BR/>Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now<BR/>Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town<BR/>And they tell him,<BR/>Take your time, it won't be long now<BR/>Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down<BR/>And the seasons they go round and round<BR/>And the painted ponies go up and down<BR/>We're captive on the carousel of time<BR/>We can't return we can only look behind<BR/>From where we came<BR/>And go round and round and round<BR/>In the circle game<BR/><BR/>So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty<BR/>Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true<BR/>There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty<BR/>Before the last revolving year is through<BR/>And the seasons they go round and round<BR/>And the painted ponies go up and down<BR/>We're captive on the carousel of time<BR/>We can't return, we can only look behind<BR/>From where we came<BR/>And go round and round and round<BR/>In the circle gameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168722839722053768.post-7101558510030707822008-07-24T19:15:00.000-05:002008-07-24T19:15:00.000-05:00and yet... creepy.and yet... creepy.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225581546839569813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168722839722053768.post-10832994690874470622008-07-24T15:37:00.000-05:002008-07-24T15:37:00.000-05:00That is so awesome!! Thank you for sharing! :0)That is so awesome!! Thank you for sharing! :0)Nicole Lairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225058957147972719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168722839722053768.post-56245593135286182682008-07-24T11:47:00.000-05:002008-07-24T11:47:00.000-05:00That's beautiful!That's beautiful!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150480146292375942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168722839722053768.post-75696784505422287112008-07-24T09:56:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:56:00.000-05:00WOW! How cool is that? Loved the video... maybe yo...WOW! How cool is that? Loved the video... maybe you can get it on vid when the butterfly emerges?Leah's Crafty Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974556423547376569noreply@blogger.com