Jimmy Nail - Once Upon a Time lyrics

buy brown besoms buy them when they're new buy broom bessoms better never grew once upon a time we had a lead to follow well respected men used to show the way folks would follow on 'cause they believed the promise well respected men would never betray now look around it's hard to see integrity you ask for direction and they don't know once upon a time the sun was shinâE™n brightly but once upon a time was a long time ago once upon a time we built a revolution big steel wheel roll around the world ten ships sailed and whaled and delivered all the food necessary for the boys and girls then one day came a man with a mission to take away everything they know once upon a time was a land for heroes but once upon a time was a long time ago once upon a time things were oh so simple you did a day's work you got a day's pay it didn't come to much but it kept a wife and children burned in the lantern thatâE™ld light the way now all's left is the story of a memory the real thing fades with a dying glow once upon a time this was a land of plenty but once upon a time was a long time ago