I used to be a princess
Robed in the finest silk
I didn't have a favourite colour
Because I could have any robe I wanted
I had a tiara
So heavy with jewels
That I would put it down when I went to play

I used to play
Out in the fields
With all the other children
I would be dressed in playful garb
So no-one would know I was a princess
We would run around all day till we were called back inside
And then I would bathe
And put on my dress and tiara

I do not wear dresses any more
My tiara broke years ago
The other children all moved away
I dare say they're not children any more

I don't know what happened
All I know is then and now
And then and now are different
Then and now are like day and night
Then and now
With no in between
That was then
*And this is now