Songwriters: King, Martin Luther Jr.; Bush, Kristian; Owens, Tim; Nettles, Jennifer;Cowboys ride into sunsets  The good guy always gets the girl  Cinderella has just fit  A glass slipper that changed her world    We all know the story  We all know the fairy tales  We all get the glory  Of making it for ourselves    From the beginning  We're all looking for a happy ending  Every dream of winning every love we've been in  Right from the beginning, we're looking for a happy ending    We've come here with nothing  And take it with us the day we leave  The first and last breath don't matter  It's all the ones that are in between    It's the reason for living  It's the reason the caged bird sings  It's why we see it in the movies  All the way to the closing scenes    From the beginning  We're all looking for a happy ending  Every dream of winning, every love we've been in  Right from the beginning, we're looking for a happy ending    And for all those dreamers who have come and gone  Who have reached for the stars, who have overcome  You're the hope, you're the wish, you're the truth  Baby, here's the proof    Baby's born in a ghetto  Baby's born with a silver spoon  One tells his mama, "I have a dream"  One tells his mama, "I walk the moon"    From the beginning  We're all looking for a happy ending  Every dream of winning, every love we've been in  Right from the beginning, we're looking for    From the beginning  We're all looking for a happy ending  Every dream of winning, every love we've been in  Right from the beginning, we're looking for a happy ending      © DIRKPIT MUSIC; MUSIC OF WINDSWEPT; EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC.; SONGS OF BUD DOG; CHAMALAND MUSIC;    these lyrics are last corrected by Tashia Carrow