Dancing bears,   Painted wings,   Things I almost remember,   And a song someone sings,   Once upon a December      Someone holds me safe and warm,   Horses prance through a silver storm,   Figures dancing gracefully across my memory...      (Instumental Break)      Far away, long ago,   Glowing dim as an ember   Things my heart used to know   Once upon a December      Someone holds me safe and warm,   Horses prance through a silver storm,   Figures dancing gracefully across my memory      Far away, long ago   Glowing dim as an ember,   Things my heart used to know,   Things it yearns to remember      And a song someone sings,   Once upon a December