Before you met me I was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince And made myself a queen And before you knew me I'd traveled 'round the world And I slept in castles And fell in love Because I was taught to dream I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top To capture Tinker Bell And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But I could always tell I believe in fairy tales And dreamer's dreams Like bedsheet sails And I believe in Peter Pan And miracles, anything I can to get by And fireflies Now before I grew up I saw you on a cloud And I could bless myself in your name And pat you on your wings And before I grew up I heard you whisper so loud Well life is hard and so is love Child, believe in all these things I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top To capture Tinker Bell And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But I could always tell I believe in fairy tales And dreamer's dreams Like bedsheet sails And I believe in Peter Pan And miracles, anything I can to get by ... And fireflies And fireflies . . . Before you met me I was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince And made myself a queen And before you knew me I'd traveled 'round the world And I slept in castles And fell in love Because I was taught to dream