It was a fairy tale That I heard you tell To a friend afraid of living But this fairy tale Helped our friend to follow where his heart would lead him He was close to dying But he survived Stolen was the naive lightness though That exists in those of us who have never been anything but alive. Fairy tales are blessed with happy endings What does it take to live happily ever after? Left here with our everyday lives We're watching another story drifting by We should all have a little white fairy tale lie He's not gone. No he's here. And he tries to cope. He's not gone. No he's here. Guess there is still hope. Fairy tales are blessed with happy endings What does it take to live happily ever after? Left here with our everyday lives We're watching another story drifting by We should all have a little white fairy tale lie