Looking back on the memory of
 The dance we shared beneath 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?
 If I'd only known how the king would / fall
 
 Then 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 would go
 Our lives are better left to chance
 I could've missed the pain
 But I'd have had to miss the dance

 Yes my life is better left to chance
 I could have missed the pain
 But I'd have had to miss the dance