Looking back, on the memory of The dance we've shared, neath the stars above For a moment, all the world was right how could I have known, that you'd ever say goodbye And now, I'm glad didn't know the way it all would it end the way it all would it 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 wasn't I a king If I'd only known how the king would fall you used 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 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 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 the dance, oh the dance, singing the dance say, i would have missed the dance the dance, say, i would have missed the dance the dance, the dance