Fairy Tale

Toni Braxton

And if I was wrong, I know I don't deserve this
Don't stay too long
I need to hear those words you used to tell me
From way back when we were just friends
Before this love affair began

Tell me how I love you wins
Or how a broken heart can mend
Just tell me this is not the end
Please, tell me now
How the fairy tale begins
Or how it was supposed to end
Please, tell me that part again

Now tell me what's wrong
I never meant to hurt you, no, baby, oh
Was it the home, the car
Or, darling, all those things we thought we needed?
Tell me even if it ain't true
But, baby, please, don't say we're through

Tell me how I love you wins
Or how a broken heart can mend
Just tell me this is not the end
Please, tell me now
How the fairy tale begins
Or how it was supposed to end
Please, tell me that part again

I wanna know that
Feelin' that's from way back
A time when it was true that
Love was sweet and innocent
When you and I could still be friends
Make all the wrong be right again
Where true love never has to end

Tell me how I love you wins
Or how a broken heart can mend
Just tell me this is not the end
Please, tell me now
How the fairy tale begins
Or how it was supposed to end
Please, tell me that part again


Lyrics submitted by starlitecascade

Fairy Tale Lyrics as written by Marc Harris Kenneth B Edmonds

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    I used to listen to this song constantly but I guessing ita sbout a relationship thats coming to an end and shes finding it hard to accept that its over. A relationship thats been torn apart by care of the world and other issues that probably had nothign to do with them but they lost the ability to connect and she wants him to rememebr all the good things about them before he walks out...(sigh) know what thats ike...

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