[Intro]


[Verse 1]
          
And you
              
Yes you speak 

               
to me tonight
             
And you say so

      
, say so
              
That once upon

          
 a time
            
When love,


             
Love was a whi

          
te dove
            
And hope, long

            
 live hope, co

              
uld spin the w

             
hole world 'ro

       
und
              
I'm talking ea

            
st to west
              
I'm talking lo

              
st and found
              
Get up to the 

               
mountain top
              
I'm going to d

              
rop unto the g

       
round

[Chorus]
              
That's once up

         
on a time
             
You raise me u

             
p when I know 

        
you're around
             
But God only k

             
nows, what God

        
 only knows
             
You lift me up

             
 and you spin 

    
me around
             
God only knows

       
, but God only

 knows

            
Pa para pa par

        
a pa para pa p

ara
            
pa para pa par

        
a pa para pa p

ara

[Verse 2]
            
That's time

 
             
Time looked ar

            
ound herself
             
Time got excit

     
ed
              
That's when we

             
 all got start

     
ed
             
Still I hear y

      
ou,
              
Yes still you 

              
speak to me to

        
night
              
You say then h

            
ow come out of

 
 love,
              
is all this cr

               
uelty arising?
              
Well I said, l

      
ook,
              
well will you 

              
look at you, y

             
ou're frighten

     
ed
              
I see that you

             
 smile through

      
 weariness
              
But there is n

             
ot much else e

           
nlightened
              
Well, that's a

              
 question down

     
 to time

[Chorus]
             
You life me up

             
 when I know y

       
ou're around
             
God only knows

            
, God only kno

ws
             
Still you rais

              
e me up when I

             
 know you're a

 
round
             
God only knows

   
, God only kno

ws

            
Pa para pa par

        
a pa para pa p

ara
            
pa para pa par

        
a pa para pa p

ara

[Finale]
           
That's time