TRACK TALK #468 Once Upon a Time

ONCE UPON A TIME
ALBUM : Triplicate (2017)
Recorded : Mars 2016
Released : 31 Mars 2017

Une chanson écrite par Lee Adams et composée par Charles Strouse en 1962 pour la comédie musicale "All American".
Elle fut interprétée notamment par Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Bobby Darin, Duke Ellington et Tony Bennett.
Avant qu'elle ne figure sur son triple album "Triplicate", Dylan la chantera pour la première fois à la télévision lors d'un hommage à Tony Bennett, diffusé en décembre 2016.

Première performance live : Wallingford (18 Juin 2017)
Toujours dans la setlist actuellement.



Lyrics
Once upon a time
A girl with moonlight in her eyes
Put her hand in mine
And said she loved me so
But that was once upon a time
Very long ago

Once upon a hill
We sat beneath a willow tree
Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn
But that was once upon a time
Now the tree is gone

How the breeze ruffled through her hair
How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there
We were young and didn't have a care
Where did it go

Once upon a time
The world was sweeter than we knew
Everything was ours
How happy we were then
But somehow once upon a time
Never comes again

La version de Frank Sinatra :



Et celle de Bobby Darin :