Dancing bears, painted wigs 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 memories Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance through a silver storm Figures dancing gracefully Across my memories Far away, long ago Burning dim as an amber Things my heart used to know Things it yearns to remember And a song someone sings Once upon a December