Once Upon a Time
Jimmy Nail"Once Upon a Time" is a song by Jimmy Nail, released in 1994 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:46 long and contains 32 lines and 278 words.
Lyrics
0:01Buy brown besoms buy them when they're new
0:05Buy broom bessoms better never grew
0:17Once upon a time we had a lead to follow
0:20Well respected me used to show the way
0:23Folks would follow on 'cause they believed the promise
0:26Well respected men would never betray
0:29Now look around it's hard to see integrity
0:32You ask for direction and they don't know
0:36Once upon a time the sun shine brightly
0:39But once upon a time was a long time ago
0:48Once upon a time we build a revolution
0:52Big steel wheel roll around the world
0:55Tin ships sailed and whaled and delivered
0:58All the food necessary for the boys and girls
1:01Then one day came a man with a mission
1:04To take away everything they know
1:08Once upon a time was a land for heroes
1:11But once upon a time was a long time ago
1:19Was a long time ago was a long time ago
1:35Once upon a time things were so simple
1:38You did a day's work you got a day's pay
1:41It didn't come to much but it kept a wife and children
1:44Burned in the lantern that light the way
1:47Now all's left is the story of a memory
1:51The real thing fades with a dying glow
1:54Once upon a time was a land of plenty
1:57But once upon a time was a long time ago
2:06Was a long time ago
2:11But once upon a time was a long time ago was a long time ago
2:26Was a long time ago was a long time ago
2:40But once upon a time was a long time ago
2:46Once upon a time once upon a time
Buy brown besoms buy them when they're new Buy broom bessoms better never grew Once upon a time we had a lead to follow Well respected me used to show the way Folks would follow on 'cause they believed the promise Well respected men would never betray Now look around it's hard to see integrity You ask for direction and they don't know Once upon a time the sun shine brightly But once upon a time was a long time ago Once upon a time we build a revolution Big steel wheel roll around the world Tin ships sailed and whaled and delivered All the food necessary for the boys and girls Then one day came a man with a mission To take away everything they know Once upon a time was a land for heroes But once upon a time was a long time ago Was a long time ago was a long time ago Once upon a time things were so simple You did a day's work you got a day's pay It didn't come to much but it kept a wife and children Burned in the lantern that light the way Now all's left is the story of a memory The real thing fades with a dying glow Once upon a time was a land of plenty But once upon a time was a long time ago Was a long time ago But once upon a time was a long time ago was a long time ago Was a long time ago was a long time ago But once upon a time was a long time ago Once upon a time once upon a time
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