I Hope You Dance -- Lee Ann Womack

Charted: 2001
Peaked at #14
MCA Nashville -- 72185
Written by Mark D. Sanders / Tia Sillers
From the album "I Hope You Dance"
Cassette -- 4:04

I hope you never lose
Your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But, always keep that hunger
May you never take one
Single breath for granted
God forbid
Love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes
I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give
Faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice
To sit it out or dance

I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear
Those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path
Of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances
But, they're worth takin'
Lovin' might be a mistake
But, it's worth makin'
Don't let some hell-bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice
To sit it out or dance

I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder
Where those years have gone)
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you still feel small
When you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes
I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll
Give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice
To sit it out or dance

Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder
Where those years have gone)
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance