Story opens on a cold, dark street
with a girl who was frightened, hungry, broke and beat,
going nowhere fast, running from her past, no one to turn to.
Don’t know how she managed to get that far,
but somehow, she stumbled into an old dive bar.
Didn’t know how to change and grow, but was about to learn to.
Who could imagine what the hands of fate
had decided they would scribble on her blank slate?
Who could see all that her destiny was just about to bring her?
If you’d have told her then, she’d have said you’re lying.
She could barely crawl, couldn’t imagine flying.
Not naive enough to believe she could become a singer.
Once upon a rhyme, not so far away,
there lived a little girl who had lost her way.
Her fairy tale had been an epic fail from the beginning!
Her heroes taught her how to make her stand,
went and put a microphone in her hand,
turned the page, put her up on stage, and now she’s winning!
Sure, it seems just like a fantasy
that fate would reach backwards for a girl like me,
but now my happy ever after happens all the time!
Once upon a rhyme…
Some time later, finally doing alright
when magic came knocking one December night
when someone from the past she’d run from came and found her.
And it came as such a big surprise
that she could see eternity in those brown eyes,
but knew that she’d always have a need for those arms around her.
Started slow, but they both wanted more.
They rented an apartment on the second floor.
They both grew, and as they did, they knew the way things were progressing.
Barely had a yen between them to their name,
but every day it felt like they had won the game.
Didn’t take long until that little girl’s mom was asked to give her blessing…
Once upon a rhyme, not so far away,
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there lived a little girl who had lost her way.
Her fairy tale had been an epic fail from the beginning.
Her heroes taught her how to make her stand.
An angel came and put a ring on her left hand.
She turned the page, got back up on stage, and now she’s winning!
Sure, it seems just like a fantasy
that fate would reach backwards for a girl like me.
Now my happy ever after happens all the time!
Once upon a rhyme…
She found a dream and started giving chase,
but kismet led our girl into a real dark place,
and she found out that she’d begun to doubt she could ever make it.
Then, a friend visited that dive bar,
armed with just a hug and an electric guitar.
Let her scream, but promised her the dream, if she could only take it.
When her faith had all but reached its end,
that guitarist introduced her to his friends,
and those guys wrote a song called Rise that they performed together.
Who could have expected such a charmed outcome?
They spray-painted her name on the front of their drum,
and they decided that their crazy ride was gonna last forever!
Once upon a rhyme, not so far away,
there lived a little girl who had lost her way.
Her fairy tale had been an epic fail from the beginning.
Her heroes taught her how to make her stand.
Now, that little girl is in her own rock band!
She turned the page, and they’re still on stage, and now she’s winning!
Sure, it seems just like a fantasy
that fate would reach backwards for a girl like me,
but now my happy ever after happens all the time!
Once upon a rhyme, not so far away,
our girl lives the impossible every day!
Who could have guessed she’d ever be so blessed with how her life was going?
She’s found family, friends and true romance –
doesn’t know how she deserved the gifts she got by chance –
but her fresh start has filled up her heart until it’s overflowing!
Now, she’s living out her fantasy!
Don’t know how it happened to a girl like me,
but now my happy ever after happens all the time!
Once upon a rhyme