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Once Upon a Time Lyrics

Mother I'm tired
come surrender my son
time has ravaged on my soul
no plans to leave but still I go

Fallin' with the leaves
fallin' out of sleep
to the last goodbyes
who cares why?

Mother I've tried
wasting my life
I haven't given up, I lie
to make you so proud in my eyes

Fallin' out of sleep
crawlin' over me
to the last goodbyes
who cares why?

Tuesdays come and gone
restless i still drive
try to leave it all behind

fallin', fallin' out of sleep
fallin', fallin' with the leaves
I go crawlin', crawlin' over me

Once upon a time in my life...
I went falling...

Mother I hope you know
that I miss you so
time has ravaged on my soul
to wipe a mothers tears grown cold
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Submitted by
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Does anybody else hear that it almost sounds like he says "Once upon a time... I went bowlin'" I love this song, but somethines I just start laughing.

Lol, I thought that was just my ridiculous brain, I'm glad to know I'm not crazy for hearing that too. XD

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I think this is a dialogue between a mother and a son...Son: mother im tired...Mother: come surrender my son....and so on

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This is a perfect tribute to a perfect mother.

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Fallin', out of sleep. What a beautiful way to describe death.

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her son is a drug addict and he lies about his true life to make her proud of him

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Like a lot of Adore, this song is a reflection of Billy's mother, who died just before the album was recorded. It's so sad and a beautiful song.

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hahaha, voltafan, you win.

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haha voltafan is right. it's my favorite part of the song though...

adore's their best album i think.

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Billy at his creative peak: Adore.

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"Once upon a time in my life... I went falling... " Excellent song of an album with so bad critiques

 
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