only once

when i was very young and life was new

my world was always full of dreams

growing old was far away

though tomorrow's yesterday

nothing is the way it seems

i knew that one day i would fall in love

the way young people always do

how could i know what lay ahead

life played games with me instead

didn't count on meeting you

only once

i always thought that love came only once

that when you fell

you fell in love to stay

then all at once i realized it isn't so

that love can come and love can go

it happens every day

she was mine

with her i found a world that wouldn't end

or so i thought right up until today

now all at once

i looked across and saw you there

and suddenly i knew

nothing i could do would make me look away

now all at once

i looked across and saw you there

and suddenly i knew

nothing i could do would make me look away

now all at once

i looked across and saw you there

and suddenly i knew

nothing i could do would make me look away