The Dance

, Garth Brooks

Verse 1:
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Look-in’ __ Back on the mem-’ry of
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the dance we shared with all the stars above.
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For a moment, all the world was right
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How could I have known
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that you’d ev-er say good  bye?

Chorus:
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And now, I’m glad I didn’t know 
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the way it all would end,
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The way it all would go.
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Our lives are better left to chance. 
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I  could have missed the pain, 
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but I’d have had to   miss the dance

Verse 2: 
Holding you I held everything 
For a moment wasn't I the 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 

Chorus:
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 of had to miss the dance