[verse] You know I've never forged a sword Never sold windows, door to door Or opened a niche bookstore But one time, I swear, I nearly saw a bear [verse] Haven't shaken hands with a puppeteer Or grown a long and scruffy beard Convinced a girl I really not that weird But one time, I swear, I nearly saw a bear [verse] I'm yet to grow my own bonsai Yet to buy low and sell high Never traded secrets with a spy But one time, I swear, I nearly saw a bear [instrumental with playful humming] [verse] I've never had a chart topping song Never caught a fish this long Never felt like I belong But one time, I swear, I nearly saw a bear [bridge] It was twilight when I heard it snuffling near I was four or five, not a flicker of fear But when I spun round to stare down that grizzly It was gone, the hillside was so damned misty That I missed him, he'd vanished but on my life I swear, that day, I nearly saw a bear [outro] Yeah I swear, one time I nearly saw a bear yeah yeah yeah Nearly, so very nearly saw a bear
