Joe Derise

Once I Believed
ONCE I BELIEVED LYRICS: JOHN H. BURNSVERSE:I TOOK FOR GRANTED THE SIMPLEST JOYS OF LIFE.SMILES ALWAYS CAME AFTER TEARS.DAY AFTER DAY, YEAR INTO YEARALL THOSE PLEASURES I KNEW ARE NO LONGER TRUEFORCHORUS:ONCE I BELIEVED THAT WITH APRIL CAME SPRINGAND THE SONGS A YOUNG LOVER WOULD SING.WELL, HERE IT IS APRILBUT THERE'S NO SIGN OF SPRING.WHY WAS I FOOLED BY THE OLD STANDARD RULETHAT WITH ROSES THERE MUST BE PERFUME.WELL, HERE ARE THE ROSESBUT THERE IS NO PERFUME.LIKE THE LEAVES THAT KISS THE TREES GOODBYESongtexteTO GRACE THE FALLEN SNOWFOOLISH I KISSED MY HEART GOOD BYE.AND LIKE THE LEAVES IF FIND THE SNOW IS COLD.ONCE I BELIEVED THAT NO SAD SONGS I'D SING.NOW THE GODDESS OF LOVE'S HAD HER FLING.SHE TOOK AWAY MY LOVEAND LEFT NO SIGN OF SPRING. Aus Songtexte Mania