Once Upon A Time

Tony Bennett

Words by Lee Adams and Music by Charles Strouse



Did not chart, although it was recorded by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Robert

Goulet, Al Martino, Jim Reeves, Diahann Carroll, Vic Damone, and Bobby Darin

Sung in the Broadway musical "All American" by Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie



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