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(Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative)

This version of (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative) was released by Donna Summer in 1977.

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Once upon a time, there was a girl
She lived in the land of never-never
Where everything real is unreal
And only fairy tales come true
Something like me and you

But she believed that what she dreamed of could be real
So she strived on to make it come true
Fighting odds, not knowing what would come of her
Never giving up the hope within her

She carried on and on, because she believed
That once, once in a time in her lifetime
The things so unreal would be real

And in the morning, one day when she awoke
To find herself surrounded by the same old room
She was disappointed

So she dreamed and she dreamed
And she dreamed and she dreamed and she dreamed
And she said that fairy tales do come true
‘Cause I believe, I believe

And she kept trying, and she kept right on fighting
Till one day she met a man who held her tight
And she fell in love

Once upon a time, in the land of never-never
Where all things real are unreal
There lived a girl who believed
That all things could be possible

And one day she did awake
And found herself somewhere else
Beside her a brand new face
Of someone that she loved

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About Lyrics and (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative) by Donna Summer

When you decide to study the lyrics to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative), you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Donna Summer. Some of the lyrics to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative) have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Donna Summer and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative) if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative)" means the words set to the music of (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative) and the lyrics to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to (Theme) Once Upon A Time (Alternative), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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