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 Hellbent 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)
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder, where those years have gone?)
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
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along)
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder, where those years have gone?)
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“I Hope You Dance” is a crossover country pop song written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers, and recorded by country singer Lee Ann Womack along with Sons of the Desert. The song, which was featured on Womack’s 2000 album of the same name, reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and also reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100.
It is considered to be Womack’s signature song,and it is the only Billboard number one for both Womack and for Sons of the Desert. “I Hope You Dance” won the 2001 CMA, ACM, NSAI, ASCAP and BMI awards for Song of the Year. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and was nominated for Song of the Year. “I Hope You Dance” is ranked 352 in the list “Songs of the Century” complied by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
A cover version of this song was performed by the Irish singer/songwriter Ronan Keating as a non-album charity single.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hope_You_Dance_(song)
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Lyrics credited to: http://www.lyrics007.com
Beautiful song, isn’t it? No wonder it was nominated for Song of the year and won Best Country Song that year.
Don
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