Yesterday a child came out to wonder 昨天一个孩子出来不知道

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar 抓蜻蜓罐子里

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder 恐惧时，天空布满雷鸣

And tearful at the falling of a star 并含泪在下降的一颗新星

   

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And the seasons they go round and round 和季节，他们周而复始

The painted ponies go up and down 涂小马有涨有跌

We´re captive on the carousel of time 在时间的转盘方向走，俘虏

We can´t return we can only look behind 我们不容回报，我们只能看后面

From were we came 从被我们来到

And go round and round and round in the circle game 走了一圈又一圈又一圈的圆圈游戏

   

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons 那么孩子搬到十倍一轮季节

He skated over ten clear frozen streams 他忽略了十清晰冰冻溪流

Words like "when you´re older" must appease him 像“当youre前辈”必须安抚他

And promises of someday make his dreams 有一天许诺让他的梦想

   

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Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now 十六弹簧16的夏天现在已经没有了

Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town 侧手翻穿镇而转向汽车轮毂

And they tell him "take your time it won´t be long now" 他们告诉他， “把你的时间，现在它不需额外长”

Until you drag your feet just to slow the circles down 直到你拖你的脚只是为了减缓圈

   

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So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty 所以，这些年来通过旋转而现在的男孩20

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true 虽然他的梦想已经失去了一些庄严成真

There´ll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty Therell是新的梦想，也许更好的梦想和充足

Before the last revolving year is through 在过去的一年周转通过