once upon a time a girl with moonlight in her eyes put her hand in mine and said she loved me so but that was once upon a time very long ago once upon a time 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 up her 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