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Artist: Leonard Nimoy
Canonical path: /leonard-nimoy/once-i-smiled
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Once I Smiled
Once I Smiled lyrics by Leonard Nimoy. Once I smiled a smile so rare Loved a girl with golden hair Acted like a human boy That would pause on clouds of joy...
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Once I Smiled
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Once I smiled a smile so rare
Loved a girl with golden hair
Acted like a human boy
That would pause on clouds of joy
Ran through fields like a child of the ground
Kissed and touched with a silent sound
Swung from trees like a monkey pup
Saw the world from downside up
Then reality came crushing drowned my joy with human pain
"Don't go!"
"Must go"
Never again!
Once I smiled a smile so rare
Loved a girl with golden hair
Ran through fields like a child of the ground
Kissed and touched with a silent sound
Now inside I keep my pearl
An image of a golden girl
Locked away in a secret bard
Covered and heard in a seashell heart
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