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There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy.
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They say he wandered very far, very far,
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Over land and sea;
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A little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he.
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And then one day, a magic day he passed my way;
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And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings,
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This he said to me,
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"The greatest thing you'll ev - er learn
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Is just to love and be loved in re - turn."
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"The greatest thing you'll ev - er learn
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Is just to love and be loved in re - turn."
