Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Perry Como
Canonical path: /como-perry/this-nearly-was-mine
Related lyric paths: 6
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This Nearly Was Mine
Read This Nearly Was Mine lyrics by Perry Como on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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This Nearly Was Mine
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One dream in my heart,
one love to be living for,
one love to be living for,
this nearly was mine!
One girl for my dreams,
one partner in paradise,
this promise of paradise,
this nearly was mine!
Close to my heart she came,
only to fly away!
Only to fly as day
flies from moonlight!
Now, now I'm alone
still dreaming of paradise,
still sayin' that paradise
once nearly was mine!
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Only to fly as day
flies from moonlight!
Now, now I'm alone
still dreaming of paradise,
still sayin' that paradise
once nearly was mine!
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Perry Como performs "This Nearly Was Mine", and this lyric page sits inside the Perry Como catalog on LyroVerse.
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