Cowboys ride into sunsets The good guy always gets the girl Cinderella has just fit A glass slipper that changed her world We all know the story We all know the fairy tales We all get the glory Of making it for ourselves From the beginning We're all looking for a happy ending Every dream of winning every love we've been in Right from the beginning, we're looking for a happy ending We've come here with nothing And take it with us the day we leave The first and last breath don't matter It's all the ones that are in between It's the reason for living It's the reason the caged bird sings It's why we see it in the movies All the way to the closing scenes From the beginning We're all looking for a happy ending Every dream of winning, every love we've been in Right from the beginning, we're looking for a happy ending And for all those dreamers who have come and gone Who have reached for the stars, who have overcome You're the hope, you're the wish, you're the truth Baby, here's the proof Baby's born in a ghetto Baby's born with a silver spoon One tells his mama, "I have a dream" One tells his mama, "I walk the moon" From the beginning We're all looking for a happy ending Every dream of winning, every love we've been in Right from the beginning, we're looking for From the beginning We're all looking for a happy ending Every dream of winning, every love we've been in Right from the beginning, we're looking for a happy ending