Looking back on the memory of

The dance we'd shared underneath the star above

For a moment all the world was right

How could I have known that you would ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end

The way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance, the dance

I would have missed the dance, the dance

I would have missed the dance

Holding you, I held everything

For a moment, oh, wasn't I a king

But if I'd only known how the king would fall

Hey who's to say, you know

I might have changed it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end

The way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance, the dance

I would have missed the dance, the dance

I would have missed the dance

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end

The way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance

Yes, our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance

Oh, the dance

Sing, the dance

I said I would have missed the dance, the dance

Said I would have missed the dance, the dance

Said I would have missed the dance, the dance, dance

Said I would have missed the dance