Before you met me i was a fairy princess  I caught frogs and called them prince   And made myself a queen  Before you knew me i traveled 'round the world  I slept in castles and fell in love   Because i was taught to dream  I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top  To capture tinkerbell  They were just fireflies to the untrained eye  But i could always tell    [chorus]  I believe in fairytales and dreamers dreams like bed sheet sails  And i believe in peter pan and miracles   And anything i can to get by  And fireflies    Before i grew up i saw you on a cloud  I could bless myself in your name and pat you on your wings  Before i grew up i heard you whisper so loud  "life is hard, and so is love, child, believe in all these things"  I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top  To capture tinkerbell  And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye   But i could always tell    [chorus]    Before you met me i was a fairy princess  I caught frogs and called them prince  And made myself a queen  Before you knew me i traveled 'round the world  And i slept in castles and fell in love   Because i was taught to dream