Album: The Other Side Of Life (1986)

Charted: 9

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• Once upon a time
  Once when you were mine
  I remember skies
  Reflected in your eyes
  I wonder where you are
  I wonder if you think about me
  Once upon a time
  In your wildest dreams
  
  Once the world was new
  Our bodies felt the morning dew
  That greets the brand new day
  We couldn't tear ourselves away
  I wonder if you care
  I wonder if you still remember
  Once upon a time
  In your wildest dreams
  
  And when the music plays
  And when the words are touched with sorrow
  When the music plays
  I hear the sound I had to follow
  Once upon a time
  
  Once beneath the stars
  The universe was ours
  Love was all we knew
  And all I knew was you
  I wonder if you know
  I wonder if you think about it
  Once upon a time
  In your wildest dreams
  
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  Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
  Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
  Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
  
  And when the music plays
  And when the words are touched with sorrow
  When the music plays
  And when the music plays
  I hear the sound I had to follow
  Once upon a time
  
  Once upon a time
  Once when you were mine
  I remember skies
  Mirrored in your eyes
  I wonder where you are
  I wonder if you think about me
  Once upon a time
  In your wildest dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
  In your wildest dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
  In your wildest dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
  In your wildest dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
  
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  Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Writer/s: Justin Hayward
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 9

• Patrick Smolinski from AppletonSure sounded like an ESQ1.....
• Fzr894 from UsaAs I have now had a chance to go back and listen to this music a dozen times or more I have to admit I was wrong in my first review. It takes a while to grow on a person and this is definitely top level Moody Blues music.
• Fzr894 from UsaI love these songs. But please don't believe this is "the best" of the Moody Blues. Start at the beginning.
• Ja from EarthLittle know fact: when the woman in the song heard it, she was highly moved.
  Moved enough to (unsuccessfully) sue the moody blues for royalties for using her in a song.
  She is a scorpio.
• Melody from OhioJust wondering who the young girl is in this video and in the I know you're out there somewhere video. The mature version of her is Janet-Spencer Turner.
• Camille from Toronto, OhThe perfect opening line: "Once upon a time" immediately lends itself to the fairy tale element: taking you back in time to happier days. And making you wonder do they, or don't they, end up 'happily ever after'?
• Camille from Toronto, Oh"Your Wildest Dreams" and "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" may be my two favorite Moody Blues songs. They both elicit the good kind of nostalgia for lost love.
• Kevin from Memphis , Tnif you do watch the video then you need to also watch the video for "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" as it is the second half of the story.
  (and it has an ending that i won't spoil , but you get a sense of closure)
• Tommy from Frederick, MdIts much more then that?.
  
  Its about a girl who was attached to another man.
  (In this case in the Moody Blues band)
  She had a brief affair with the lead singer.
  She breaks it off and he is shattered
  The years go by, 5, 10 and then 20 years
  All the time he searches and can't find the love he had with her. Then after years of haunting torment, He finds himself coming to terms with 'that she was the one' all he could do now was make the best of what was left of his life.
  His Heart would remain hers till he died.
  Now the question wasDoes she think of him Or even remember? Does she regret letting him go? Has she ever found that love again? Once in a while, He checks up on her from afar but he never contacts her.
  (YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE)
  

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