Once Upon A Time
Words & Music by Lee Adams & Charles Strouse
Recorded by Tony Bennett, 1962; From the musical "All-American"
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Once upon a time a girl with moonlight in her eyes
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Put her hand in mine and said she loved me so;
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But that was once upon a time, very long ago.
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Once upon a hill we sat beneath a willow tree
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Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn —
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But that was once upon a time — now the tree is gone.
Bridge:
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How the breeze ruffled through her hair;
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How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there.
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We were young and didn't have a care —
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Where did it go?
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Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew,
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Ev'rything was ours — how happy we were then!
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But somehow once upon a time
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Never comes a - gain.
