Released: May 7, 1986
Songwriter: Lisa Coleman Wendy Melvoin Prince
Producer: Prince
[Verse 1]
Once upon a time in a land called Fantasy
Seventeen mountains stood so high
The sea surrounded them and together they would be
The only thing that ever made you cry
You said the devil told you that another mountain would appear
Every time somebody broke your heart
He said the sea would one day overflow with all your tears
And love will always leave you lonely
[Chorus]
But I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if you just believe, oh yeah
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, uh huh, than you and me
[Verse 2]
Once upon a time in a haystack of despair
Happiness sometimes hard to find (yeah)
Africa divided, hijack in the air
It's enough to make you want to lose your mind
[Chorus]
And I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if you just believe, oh yeah
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, uh huh, than you and me
Guitars and drums on the one!
Bobby on the drum-ah
It's only mountains
Oh yeah
And the sea
And the girls say
There's nothing greater, oh no, than you and me
[Outro]
Mountains
Once upon a time in a land called Fantasy
Seventeen mountains stood so high
The sea surrounded them and together they would be
The only thing that ever made you cry
You said the devil told you that another mountain would appear
Every time somebody broke your heart
He said the sea would one day overflow with all your tears
And love will always leave you lonely
[Chorus]
But I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if you just believe, oh yeah
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, uh huh, than you and me
[Verse 2]
Once upon a time in a haystack of despair
Happiness sometimes hard to find (yeah)
Africa divided, hijack in the air
It's enough to make you want to lose your mind
[Chorus]
And I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if you just believe, oh yeah
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, uh huh, than you and me
Guitars and drums on the one!
Bobby on the drum-ah
It's only mountains
Oh yeah
And the sea
And the girls say
There's nothing greater, oh no, than you and me
[Outro]
Mountains
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