looking back on the memory of the dance we 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 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

holding you i held everything for a moment 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