artist: Frank Sinatra lyrics
title: Once Upon A Time
album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disk9
(C. Strouse, L. Adams)
[Recorded April 14, 1965, Hollywood]
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 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 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
[brief string interlude]
Once upon a time never comes again