Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Paul McCartney
Canonical path: /paul-mccartney/once-upon-a-long-ago
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Once Upon A Long Ago
Read Once Upon A Long Ago lyrics by Paul McCartney on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Once Upon A Long Ago
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Picking up scales and broken chords
Puppy dog tails in the house of lords
Tell me, darling
What can it mean?
Making up moons in a minor key
What have those tunes got to do with me?
Tell me, darling
Where have you been?
Once upon along ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure
Such pleasure
Blowing balloons on a windy day
Desolate dunes with a lot to say
Tell me, darling
What have you seen?
Once upon along ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure
My pleasure
Playing guitars on an empty stage
Counting the bars of an iron cage
Tell me, darling
What can it mean?
Picking up scales and broken chords
Puppy dog tails in the house of lords
Tell me, darling
What does it mean?
Once upon a long, long ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand
Once upon a long, long ago
Children searched for treasure
Nature's plan went hand in hand
Long a time ago
Long ago
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Paul McCartney performs "Once Upon A Long Ago", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul McCartney catalog on LyroVerse.
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