Once Upon A Second Time Around Lyrics

They met in a Methodist basement
At a meeting on a Monday night
Said serenity prayers, folded up the chairs
Shared a sidewalk Marlboro Light
He said, “How about a cup of coffee?”
She said, “I like the way that sounds”
Once upon a second time around

So two divorced non-drinkers
Become two maybe more than friends
He comes over to the house for a movie on the couch
Cooks her supper every now and then
They made things kinda official
Taking in that old half-blind hound
Once upon a second time around

Sometimes life hits a brick wall
And a “happy ever after” ends
You gotta let go of that fairytale for the next one to begin
They don’t regret a single step that got ’em where they are right now
Once upon a second time around

Played Pachelbel’s Canon on the boombox
His son walked her down the aisle
With a bouquet of backyard roses
And a took-some-tears-to-get-here smile
But she coulda been Cinderella in that cream-colored hand me down, oh
Once upon a second time around

Sometimes life hits a brick wall
And a “happy ever after” ends
You gotta let go of that fairytale for the next one to begin
They don’t regret a single step that got ’em where they are right now
Once upon a second time around