Once upon a time a boy with moonlight in his eyes Put his hand in mine and said he loved me so But that was once upon a time very long ago Once upon a hill we sat beneath a willow tree Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn But that was once upon a time, now the tree is gone How the breeze ruffled through his hair How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there We were young and didn't have a care, where did it go? Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew Everything was ours, how happy we were then But somehow once upon a time never comes again