Once In My Lifetime

The third of June, I'm in my room

I'm sitting at the window writing letters

Dearest love

Once in a lifetime of pain and care

Someone touches your heart with a touch so rare

That your storybook dreams all come true

And the whole world is born anew

Once in a lifetime of shadows and lies

Someone loves you with a love that is honest and wise

And you learn that your soul can take wings

Like a bird with a spring song to sing

The storms may rage

The winds may blow

The fires may burn

But still I know

That once in my lifetime of doubts and fears

You came to my door and you dried my tears

Now I treasure each leaf on its tree

Love has opened my eyes, I can see

And now I close, my love, my friend

But what we've known together

Oh, my darling, has no end