Fireflies

Before you met me I was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince and made myself a queen And before you knew me I'd traveled 'round 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 Tinker Bell And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But I could always tell I believe in fairy tales And dreamer's dreams like bedsheet sails And I believe in Peter Pan and miracles 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 And before I grew up I heard you whisper so loud Well life is hard and so is love child, believe in all these things I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top To capture Tinker Bell And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But I could always tell I believe in fairy tales And dreamer's dreams like bedsheet sails And I believe in Peter Pan and miracles Anything I can to get by and fireflies, fireflies Before you met me I was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince and made myself a queen And before you knew me I'd traveled 'round the world And I slept in castles and fell in love because I was taught to dream