Mae Tuck:

Once upon a time

Once upon a time

Can I start like that?

Miles Tuck:

Should't start like that

Mae:

Be patient with me, Winnie

I've never told this before

Once there was a man

A Man with a wife and a family

Jesse Tuck:

That's Miles and me

Mae:

Jesse, let me tell the story

I don't want to start a war

We tore from the west to settle in the east

Looking for a farm or some land at least

Jesse:

Get to the part where I fall from the tree

Miles:

No, you've got it all wrong

Mae:

Miles, Jesse

Then we found a wood

Jesse:

Yes, we found a wood

Can you guess which wood

Winnie:

Mine?

Jesse:

You're good

Mae:

Where we found ourselves a clearing

And camped for the night

Just the four of us

Miles:

Plus the cat and the horse

They play a crucial part

Mae:

Yes, Miles of course

We slept by a spring near an old ash tree

Jesse:

And that's where I carved a "T"

Mae:

Jesse!

Miles:

In the morning

In the morning

Miles, Jesse, Mae:

We had no way of knowing

Without even thinking we drank from the spring

Who knew that spring would change everything?

Mae:

Except for the horse

Everybody drank

Even the cat

Miles:

Remember that?

Jesse:

You can lead a horse to water

Miles:

I think she knows the phrase

May:

So days went by

Then months

Then years

With an ordinary life

Miles:

So it appears

May:

The old horse died at 25

Jesse:

But the cat was still alive

Miles: We weren't changing

Jesse: We weren't changing

Mae: We weren't changing

Miles:

We weren't growing

Jesse:

We weren't growing

All three:

We had no way of knowing

Nobody was thinking

It's because of the spring

Who knew that spring would change everything

Mae:

The town began to talk Jesse:

People shied away Winnie look at me

They were so outraged Winnie listen here though

We hadn't aged

Our lives in pious

Our looks perverse I survived a great fall

He survived much worse

Miles:

Shut up Jesse

Mae: Jesse:

Still we didn't know Yes of course we knew

Didn't know the spring How could we not know though

Was the cause of it

Or where we'd sit on the delicate balance

Between a blessing and a curse The greatest family

In the universe

Miles:

Don't confuse the girl

All three:

The cat and the horse

The "T" on the tree

The drink that changed us eternally

That's our secret keep it locked up tight

Winnie:

But I still don't understand

Miles:

Enough

Alright

We're not aging

We're not growing

And none of us know why

Once upon a time we drank from your spring

And now we'll never die

Jesse:

And that's the story of the Tucks

The end