The Dance

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 were better to chance
I could've missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

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

And now, I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end
the way it all would go
Our lives were better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I 'd have had to miss the dance

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


This is one of my very favorite Garth Brooks songs..it brings back memories of a very special person, with whom I shared a slow dance with a long time ago in The Villa (of all places). She and I were pals and had spent some time at T-n-Teke's..(yes it was still the old place then) and we walked over to the Villa to hear some music and ended up slow dancing to Freebird (of all things) It was the longest and best slow dance of my entire life...... It is one of my favorite memories and I will never forget it...to this day that song means one thing to me..a very long and wonderful dance.....