Linda Eder

Once upon a dream,
I was lost in love's embrace.
There I found a perfect place,
Once upon a dream.

Once there was a time
like no other time before,
Hope was still an open door,
Once upon a dream.

And I was unafraid,
The dream was so exciting.
But now I see it fade
and I am here alone.

Once upon a dream,
You were heaven-sent to me.
Was it never meant to be?
Are you just a dream?

Could we begin again?
Once upon a dream?

Look at me you may think you see
Who I really am but you'll never know me
Every day it's as if I play a part
Now I see if I wear a mask
I can fool the world but I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?

I am now in a world where I
Have to hide my heart and what I believe in
But somehow I will show the world
What's inside my heart and be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?

Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?

There's a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know the reason why

Why must we all conceal what we think and how we feel?
Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide?
I won't pretend that I'm someone else for all time
When will my reflection show who I am inside?
When will my reflection show who I am inside?

I don't remember
how much I needed to be near you
and I can't close my eyes and hear you
no, no I simply don't recall
our love at all

I don't remember
the way you filled my world with laughter
or how I changed forever after
as I look back it's sad to see
my memory
is failing me

I don't see your face
almost every place
I don't cry
I don't think of you
and I don't wonder why
'cause day after day
afer day after day
I don't recall
when you went away

I don't remember
a thousand little things about you
like how I just can't live without you
no, no I simply can't recall. . .
why lovers fall. . .
in love at all

I don't remember
try as I might
I don't remember
each lonely night
I don't remember us at all

Count every raindrop in a thunderstorm
count every wave upon the shore
I love you just as much as that
and so much more

Take all the clouds that glide across the sky
and all the light within a moonbeam
and every bird that ever spread its wings to soar
how I love you
as much as that
and so much more

Count all the days that there are yet to be
and all the ones that came before
you have as much of me as that
and so much more

Take every leaf that grows on every tree
and all the wishes in a daydream
and every note of every song we all adore
I'm there for you
as much as that
and so much more

Now add the stars and planets out in space
and all the miles that keep them far apart
find how many- if there are any more ways
of counting things
let's start

How many seconds does forever have?
how many creatures watch the sun rise
how many ways to say the words
I can't ignore
how I love you
as much as that
and so much more

As much as all that
and so much more

The moon is afraid to come out tonight
there'll be no dinners by candlelight,
there is an aura of doom in the air,
and a storm out at sea

Every picasso tonight is in blue.
the currency's plummeting down in peru.
and it won't come back
'till you come back to me.

The world's gone mad,
since we have parted.
and mother nature doesn't like
what she can see.
she's feeling sad, and brokenhearted.
but she'll be feeling better-
if you come back to me.

Tonight all the winners have learned
how to lose
even tchaikovsky is playin' the blues
and the hole in the sky makes the winter
a balmy one hundred and three.

The papers are sayin' that love is passe
the poets are striking, but not for the pay
and they won't write- till you come
back to me

It's clear to see - we were mistaken
sheakespeare himself
could not create such tragedy
don't you agree- fist steps must be taken
but we can fix this mess-
when you come back to me

Tonight every song is a bit out of tune
the cow tried to jump
but crashed into the moon
you have to admit it cannot be too soon
till we're in harmony

For what really matters we never can learn.
spring will arrive so the birds can return
but they won't come back till you come back
to me
they won't come back till you come back
they're stayin' put till you come back to me

Till you come back to me-
Nothing makes sense at all
till you come back to me-

I'm running into walls
till you come back to me-

Till you come back to me

Till you come back to me-
I haven't got a clue
till yo

The night is bitter
the stars have lost their glitter
the winds grow colder
and suddenly you're older
and all because of the man that got away

No more his eager call
the writing's on the wall
the dreams you've dreamed
have all gone astray

The man that won you
has run off and undone you
that great beginning
has seen a final inning
don't know what happened
it's all a crazy game

No more that all time thrill
for you've been through the mill
and never a new love
will be the same

Good riddance, goodbye
every trick of his you're onto
but fools will be fools
and where's he gone to

The road gets rougher
it's lonlier and tougher
with hope you burn up
tomorrow he might turn up
there's just no letup
the livelong night and day

Ever since this world began
there is nothing sadder than
a one man woman
looking for the man that got away
the man that got away

When I look in your eyes
I see the wisdom of the world in your eyes
I see the sadness of a thousand goodbyes
when I look in your eyes

And it is no surprise
to see the softness of the moon in your eyes
the gentle sparkle of the stars in the skies
when I look in your eyes

In your eyes
I see the deepness of the sea
I see the deepness of the love
the love I feel you feel for me

Autumn comes and summer dies
I see the passing of the years in your eyes
and when we part there'll be no tears,
no good-byes
I'll just look into your eyes

Those eyes so wise, so warm, so real
how I love the world your eyes reveal