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Introduction:
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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 again
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