When I was a little boy
My daddy said to me
One day son you'll go to a university
Be a doctor son you won't regret the words I say that's what I'd be
If I had had my way

Dreams and fairy tales
We see them every day
Dreams and fairy tales
Are sometimes here to stay
Dreams I had before and surely will again
But fairy tales only live in childhood days

So the time went by
And I grew to be a man
I met up with a rough crowd
And the leader's name was Sam
He taught me how to fight
He said that's the way to be
I forgot what my daddy said to me

Dreams and fairy tales
We see them every day
Dreams and fairy tales
Are sometimes here to stay
Dreams I had before and surely will again
But fairy tales only live in childhood days

My dreams became a nightmare
With every passing night
I knew my daddy's pipe dreams
Would never come to light
Living in the bar rooms
I knew that I would fail
Daddy's dream
Was just a fairy tale

Dreams and fairy tales
We see them every day
Dreams and fairy tales
Are sometimes here to stay
Dreams I had before and surely will again
But fairy tales only live in childhood days

Now I'm looking back
And how the years have flown
Try to give advice
To a young boy of my own
Fairy tales will fade
When he becomes a man
But if I dream
I hope he'll understand

Dreams and fairy tales
We see them every day
Dreams and fairy tales
Are sometimes here to stay
Dreams I had before and surely will again
But fairy tales only live in childhood days

Dreams and fairy tales
We see them every day
Dreams and fairy tales
Are sometimes here to stay
Dreams I had before and surely will again
But fairy tales only live in childhood days