Sleeping Beauty had her kiss   And Aladdin got his wish   Cinderella went to the Ball   Snow White had it all   The good guy got the girl   Superman saved the world   Two kids in love had a fancy wedding   In real life, though   There's no such thing as a happy ending      Nobody told me when I was young   That everything I adored, everything I loved   Was all made up   Nobody told me when I was a child   That my dreams were just too wild   That I'd grow up   And see the world, hear the lies   Everyday, and wonder why   Nobody told me it wasn't real   That life isn't like a fairytale      There's no knight in shining armor   Only daylight fading darker   No one to save me, no white horse   It's all fantasy, of course   It's not that bad out o my own   I just wish I would have known...      Nobody told me when I was young   That everything I adored, everything I loved   Was all made up   Nobody told me when I was a child   That my dreams were just too wild   That I'd grow up   And see the world, hear the lies   Everyday, and wonder why   Nobody told me it wasn't real   That life isn't like a fairytale      I've been looking around   Waiting, watching   And still I've not found   My Prince Charming      Nobody told me when I was young   That everything I adored, everything I loved   Was all made up   Nobody told me when I was a child   That my dreams were just too wild   That I'd grow up   And see the world, hear the lies   Everyday, and wonder why   Nobody told me it wasn't real   That life isn't like a fairytale      Nobody told me when I was young   That everything I adored, everything I loved   Was all made up   Nobody told me people can't fly   That wooden dolls don't come to life   But I've grown up   I've seen the world, heard the lies   And everyday, I wonder why   Nobody told me I'd lose, I'd fail   Why can't life be like a fairytale?      Why can't life be like a fairytale?