C
Once upon a time there was an ocean

But now it's a mountain range
G                               C
Something unstoppable set into motion
  G
Nothing is different, but everything's changed


[Verse 1]

G
It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sitting

And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quitting

I think about quitting every day of the week

When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak

Out of here

How am I going to get out of here?

I'm thinking out of here

When am I going to get out of here?

And when will I cash in my lottery ticket

And bury my past with my burdens and strife?

I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden

And make every love the love of my life

I figure that

[Chorus]

C
Once upon a time there was an ocean

But now it's a mountain range
G                               C
Something unstoppable set into motion
  G
Nothing is different, but everything's changed

[Verse 2]

G
Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge

Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge

But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift

I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift

Home again?

No, never going home again

Think about home again?

I never think about home

[First Bridge]

                 C
But then comes a letter from home

The handwriting is fragile and strange
G                              C        
Something unstoppable set into motion
    G                                      C
And nothing is different, but everything's changed

[Second Bridge]

    G
The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red

And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by halos of golden thread
                     C
And the choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"
                                            G
And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion


[Outro]
                                          C         G
As nothing is different, but everything's changed