Before you met me i was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince And made myself a queen Before you knew me i traveled 'round the world I slept in castles and fell in love Because i was taught to dream I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top To capture tinkerbell They were just fireflies to the untrained eye But i could always tell [chorus] I believe in fairytales and dreamers dreams like bed sheet sails And i believe in peter pan and miracles And anything i can to get by And fireflies Before i grew up i saw you on a cloud I could bless myself in your name and pat you on your wings Before i grew up i heard you whisper so loud "life is hard, and so is love, child, believe in all these things" I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top To capture tinkerbell And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye But i could always tell [chorus] Before you met me i was a fairy princess I caught frogs and called them prince And made myself a queen Before you knew me i traveled 'round the world And i slept in castles and fell in love Because i was taught to dream