Dancing bears, painted wings, things I almost remember And a song someone sings, once upon a December Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance through a silver storm Figures dancing gracefully across my memory Ah Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance through a silver storm Figures dancing gracefully across my memory Far away, long ago, glowing dim as an ember Things my heart used to know, things it years to remember And a song someone sings, once upon a December