True Stories Don't Have Happy Endings (music & lyrics: Saarinen)

I wake up from my hundred years of sleep
decades too late the alarm didn't beep
Outside my trustworthy horse won't start
I think I left my pumpkin-ride in front of the bar

	Ooooooooooooo-oooooooo-oooooo-ooooo
	This is the ultimate fairytale
	Ooooooooooooo-oooooooo-oooooo-ooooo
	With the princess gone and the hero destined to fail

This world is cold
and you're all alone

	True stories don't have happy endings
	In real life the good guys never win (oh they never win)
	Nobody lives happily ever after
	A kiss can make a frog out of the prince

That's it no more dragonslaying today
There ain't a spell that could take this pain away
But there's a potion that keeps me going on
Helps me forget there's something wrong

	Ooooooooooooo-oooooooo-oooooo-ooooo
	Real life's the ultimate fairytale
	Ooooooooooooo-oooooooo-oooooo-ooooo
	A new bedtime story for every day

The night is cold
when you're all alone

	True stories don't have happy endings
	In real life the good guys never win (oh they never win)
	Nobody lives happily ever after
	A kiss can make a frog out of the prince

The night is long
when you're all out of hope

	True stories don't have happy endings
	The moral is that no-one wins (oh no-one wins)
	Nobody stays to see the credits closing
	It's over before the fat lady sings (over before she sings)