A prince in the summer was a drag in the spring how could you know that he took off his ring Everything you wanted behind the castle wall and a hundred white horses stuck in the stall It's no fairy tale there's no bread crumb trail to lead you back but it's just as well and that's a better one to tell You tried but you can't bear the weight of the glitter and the glue so you lie down to dream of a kiss that'll wake you once upon a time can lead to a hapless ever after when the tears are real, so is the laughter It's no fairy tale there's no bread crumb trail to lead you back but it's just as well you can close the book curse the turn it took and tell the true story of how you fell and that's a better one to tell And when it's told the leaves are turning red and gold and no one had to come along and cast a spell It's no fairy tale there's no bread crumb trail to lead you back but it's just as well tell the true story of how you fell that's a better one to tell that's a better one to tell