Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance Lyrics

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
Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth 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

I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(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
I hope you dance
(Dance)
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

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

• Jennie Gutierrez

  This is an amazing song. It reminds us to appreciated each moment that the Lord gives us, and when trouble and heartaches comes, to give your faith in God , a chance.I want it to be song on the day I go home to meet my savior, to remind my children and love ones, that life does go on, and we all will be together one day.

• Rose Moore

  When you really listen to these lyrics, they are good advice.

• Anonymous

  This is really pretty and inspiring. It is a song that I hope will inspire many people to do great things and never settle. I hope that everyone can learn a lesson from these beautifuo lyrics, when oyu get the choice to sit out or dance in life, I hope everyone will choose to dance. Being involved and truly living, loving and enjoying life is all anyone can really ask for. That is where true happiness comes from.

• Anonymous

  I love this song and I want to use it as the music I dance to for my senior ballet solo in my upcoming spring show.

• Anonymous

  This is such an inspiring & beautiful song. I hope the radio stations keep it in a somewhat constant rotation for many many years to come. It's beautiful & what I wish for myself, family, and loved ones! I wish everyone could hear it ... if even just once. Merri-Jo from Ohio

• Anonymous

  This song is AMAZING. For one because it was song at my grandfathers funeral. It says so much about the way i feel about him and how much i miss him every day. I love you pawpaw. R.I.P. John Kuntz 1956-2005 Your always in our hearts.

• Anonymous

  I just love this song. I heard it quite a lot before my 18-year old son left to go and enjoy Australia for a year. The song epresses all that I ever hoped for him, and even now, my eyes fill up with the emotion that my hopes for both my son and my daughter, and their hopes for themselves, are fulfilled.

• Anonymous

  I love this song and plan to sing it to my daughter on her wedding day and to her daughter whenever I become a grandmother. I just reminds you that no matter what your going through don't forget to live. Don't ever let lifes circumstances make you forget to live and celebrate it.