Once when I was a child
Down by a willow tree
I dug a hole to hide
A little magic key
The key of that far kingdom
Deep in my reverie
I hid it thirteen steps from the lonely willow tree

Around the willow all last night
I dug to find the magic key
A hundred times in the moonlight
I walked thirteen steps from the tree

I uncovered so many treasures
From their secret hiding place
But of childhood fairy ruptures
I couldn't find the slightest trace

Listen to me, old willow; my life is not so sunny
You're starring at my sorrow; your joke is not so funny
How could I find the measure of my childlike steps
It's an impossible wager in cruel past tense

Oh please old willow don't be cruel
Tell me where is the magic key
I know you think that I'm a fool
But that's the way I like to be

Why can't we be just like before
I was a child you were my band
Please allow me to dream once more
Holding the kite string in my hand

Once when I was a child down by a willow tree
I dug a hole to hide a little magic key
A little magic key, a little magic key
A little magic key, a little magic key
A little magic key, a little magic key