Fireflies

Before you met me I was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince And made myself a queen. Before you knew me I traveled around the world I slept in castles and fell in love Because I was taught to dream. I found mayonnaise bottles And poked holes on top to capture Tinkerbell And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But I could always tell. I believe in fairytales and dreamers' dreams Like bed-sheet-sails And I believe in Peter Pan And miracles and anything I can to get by... And fireflies. Before I grew up I saw you on a cloud. I could bless myself in your name And pat you on your wings. Before I grew up I heard you whisper so loud "Life is hard, and so is love, child, Believe in all these things." I found mayonnaise bottles And poked holes on top to capture Tinkerbell. And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But I could always tell. I believe in fairytales and dreamers' dreams Like bed-sheet-sails And I believe in Peter Pan And miracles and anything I can to get by... And fireflies. Before you met me I was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince And made myself a queen. Before you knew me I traveled around the world I slept in castles and fell in love Because I was taught to dream...