ONCE UPON A LONG AGO PAUL McCARTNEY -------------------------------------------------------------------- Picking up scales and broken chords, puppy dog tails in the House Of Lords, Tell me darling, what can it mean ? Making up moons in a minor key, what have those tunes got to do with me, Tell me darling, where have you been ? Once upon a long ago, children searched for treasure, Nature's plan went hand in hand with pleasure, such pleasure. Blowing balloons on a windy day, desolate dunes with a lot to say, Tell me darling, what have you seen ? Once upon a long ago, children searched for treasure,. . . Playing guitars on an empty stage, counting the bars of an iron cage, Tell me darling, what can it mean ? Picking up scales and broken chords, puppy dog tails in the House Of Lords, Help me darling, what does it mean ? - Once upon a long, long, long ago, children searched for treasure, . . . -