陳美齡The Circle Game

The Circle Game  (點擊歌名聽歌)  是唱作歌手Joni Mitchell 六十年代後期的作品，旋律優美，是不朽名曲。香港歌手陳美齡翻唱此曲，雖然模仿多於重新演繹，但其少女外型與幼嫩聲線，卻別具一格，陳美齡遂憑The Circle Game走紅香港歌壇，其後更走紅日本。

陳美齡或Joni Mitchell 的The Circle Game不只旋律優美，歌詞更寓意深遠。憑歌寄意：

昨日幼童，好奇探索，捕蜻蜓、懼雷聲、泣星殞。轉眼十載，期待成年，實現夢想。

然而四季循環，時間如旋轉木馬，被困者無退路，只能跟隨木馬，旋轉又旋轉。

怱怱十六寒暑，物換星移，驚覺時不我與，只願木馬旋轉放慢。二十年過去，舊夢褪色，趕在木馬停止旋轉前，追尋新夢想。

只因，人如坐上旋轉木馬，沒有退路，只能跟隨木馬，旋轉又旋轉。

六十年過去，昔日的幼童仍然有夢，關心教育，著書立說。陳美齡是否出掌公職，旁人不用操心，只因，人如坐上旋轉木馬，沒有退路，只能跟隨木馬，旋轉又旋轉，The Circle Game 繼續迴響。

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

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

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 *

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

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

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

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