For years I foiled the demon king.
But alas, I'm getting on the
And I feel a fairy snowdrop
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty,
nobody loves a fairy when
She may still have her magic power,
They like their bits of magic
from her younger, bitter stuff.
When once your silver star
And your tinsel looks like rust
Your fairy days are ending
when your wonders started bending,
No one loves a fairy when
Twizayo helped Shaladin find a
Twizayo made Wick Dittington turn round
I've been a spirit of the flowers
I've been a fairy of the wind,
I own stuff of rummage still
In satin -covered ballet shoes,
I toe -dance through the glens
Been loved by all the children
No one could touch me at my splits,
my splits were all the rage
Until the night woodman left his chopper on the stage,
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty,
nobody loves a fairy when she's old.
She may still have the magic power,
They like their bits of magic
from the younger, grittier stuff.
spell without instilling,
and a fairy tale for years
You stand there shouting, what oh,
but they pass you by your grotto.
No one loves a fairy when she's old.
