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Artist: Renato Russo
Canonical path: /renato-russo/the-dance
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Dance
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The Dance
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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 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
It's my life, it's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
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Renato Russo performs "The Dance", and this lyric page sits inside the Renato Russo catalog on LyroVerse.
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