You're blowing out the candles
My eyes are filled with tears
We're scattering the ashes
Of a fire that burned for years
But the words that you say as you walk away
Have a familiar ring
I was just getting ready to tell you
Almost the very same thing

The fairy tale is over
But that's not why I cry
The only thing that hurts me now
Is that you beat me to goodbye
You beat me to goodbye

Telling me you're leaving
Took the wind out of my sails
I was planning to hammer you into the wall
But you took away all my nails
I really wanted
To be the one who walked away
What I was gonna do tomorrow
You went and did today

The fairy tale is over
But that's not why I cry
The only thing that hurts me now
Is that you beat me to goodbye
You beat me to goodbye

I never wanted it to end this way
I should have been the one to say goodbye

All of my rehearsing
Was just a waste of time
I had written a scene for the silver screen
But you stole every line

And now the fairy tale is over

The fairy tale is over
But that's not why I cry
The only thing that hurts me now
Is that you beat me to goodbye
You beat me to goodbye

� 1996 Lushmole Music (BMI), Gary Burr Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Little Sharpster Music (BMI)

Lyrics courtesy of Lushmole Music.