Gonna paint a picture
Gonna put it in a frame
So I can show you how I'm feeling
Without having to explain
And you can hang it from your ceiling
In your safe and happy home
When you come to understand it
You'll know you're not alone
Once upon a time
We could speak our minds
Now I don't believe you Gwendolyn
I don't believe you're all that strong
I don't believe you know the dangers
Of this road you're travelin' on
You're always asking questions
That you know the answers to
Tell me please
What do you want from me
Gonna write a song
Gonna tell it like it is
And if you recognize yourself
I know yoou're going to be pissed
And if you call me on it
I'll deny it through and through
Just like Woody Allen would
If he were in my shoes
Once upon a time
I could speak my mind
Now I don't believe you Gwendolyn
I don't believe you're all that strong
I don't believe you know the dangers
Of this road you're travelin' on
You're always asking questions
That you know the answers to
Tell me please
What do you want from me
Gonna write a letter
Gonna a mail it to myself
Sincerely and forever
You and yours can go to hell
And I'll put it in my pocket
So when this all comes crashin' down
I'll have a way to show you
How long I've been wearing down
Once upon a time
We could speak our minds
Now I don't believe you Gwendolyn
I don't believe you're all that strong
I don't believe you know the dangers
Of this road you're travelin'
You're always asking questions
That you know the answers to
Tell me please
What do you want from me
Tell me please
What do you want from me
Tell me please
What do you want from meJust when I'm sure that I've got it all down
Somethin' jumps up and spins me around
Sometimes it's the light from my little boy's eyes
Takin' me by surprise
I've been to the city and I've been to the zoo
Learned all about monkey-see, monkey-do
Somewhere between the false and the true
We all compromise
But you and I broke every rule that they ever made
Don't ask why love is a chance that you take
And like leaves in the wind at the mercy of whither we blow
How little we know
I have seen the northern lights on a winter's day
Up in Minnesota people like it that way
So much in nature I don't understand
It's a mystery not a plan
Lookin' for answers is goin' nowhere fast
Everything's forever but nothin' seems to last
Come tomorrow, today will be the past
Like waves upon the sand
You and I broke every rule that they ever made
Don't ask why love is a chance that you take
And like leaves in the wind at the mercy of whither we blow
How little we know
And in the end what matters most
Is how the heart will rise
And see us through the dramas till we realize
How little we know
You and I broke every rule that they ever made
Don't ask why love is a chance that you take
And like leaves in the wind at the mercy of whither we blow
How little we know
Just when I'm sure that I've got it all down
Somethin' jumps up and spins me around