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It's Been A Dance

It's been a dance, a long and lovely dance

Sparked by innocence across a thousand miles

And as the weeks went by there grew a knowing

We found our dancing legs and friendship turned to fire

I held you tight in my dreams each night

And we realized that there was more to come

 

It's been a dance, I moved a thousand miles

We shared a little bed, a rental house, and wide-eyed smiles

And then our son arrived, a blended family

With joys and challenges

Love and insecurities

But I held you tight in my arms each night

We'd greet the dawn, your head upon my heart

 

It's been a dance, sacred and holy

Fractured and lonely, for in time we lost our way

I would reach out to you, and you'd reach out to me

But our timing slipped as life got in the way

Then I hurt you so, and you hurt me so

And the pain drove us both down to our knees

 

It's been a dance, now comes the best part

We grew our wings again, remembered how to fly

Was it a miracle, or just unstoppable

Baptized by fire, anointed from on high

And I hold you tight in my arms each night

You're the closest thing to heaven that I've known

 

Now take my hand, the band is playing

Share this one last dance before I have to go

Kiss the kids for me, hold them tenderly

Tell them it won't be long before Dad gets back home

And I'll hold you tight in my dreams each night

You'll be the face that I see when I awake

The dance goes on and on

You will wait for me, I'll return to you

The dance goes on and on

I am home to you, you are home to me

The dance goes on

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Sep 29, 2013
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