I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue
And it's hey to the starboard, heave ho
Look out, lad, a mermaid be waiting for you
In mysterious fathoms below

Heart don't fail me now
Courage don't desert me
Don't turn back now that we're here

Dancing bears. Painted wings.
Things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December

We were strangers, starting out on a journey
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

Welcome my friends to Paris.
Here, have a flower on me.
Forget where you're from,
You're in France! Children, come!

It's one-two-three
And suddenly
I see it at a glance

You were born in a palace by the sea
A palace by the sea. Could it be?
Yes, that's right.

In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be -
It scared me out of my wits -
A corpse falling to bits!

Dancing bears. Painted wings.
Things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December

Heart don't fail me now!
Courage don't desert me!
Don't turn back now that we're here.