I Hope You Dance

(VERSE)

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 leaves you empty-handed.

I hope you still feel small standing by the ocean.

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens.

Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

(CHORUS)

I hope you dance. I hope you dance.

(VERSE)

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance.

And never settle for the path of least resistance.

Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking.

Loving might be a mistake but it's worth the making.

Don't let some Hell-bent heart leave you bitter.

When you come close to selling out ,reconsider.

Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

(CHORUS)

I hope you dance. (Time is a wheel in constant motion always)

I hope you dance.(Rolling us along) Moving us along.

(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

(VERSE)

I hope you still feel small standing by the ocean.

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens.

Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

(CHORUS)

(modulated)

I hope you dance. I hope you dance.

I hope you dance. I hope you dance.

I wanna tell you:

(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.)

If you want it so much, just dance.

To dance.

Just dance.

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Lyrics submitted by Rowe.