Don't know much about your life
Don't know much about your world, but
Don't want to be alone tonight
On this planet they call earth

You don't know about my past and
I don't have a future figured out
And maybe this is going too fast
And maybe it's not meant to last

But, what do you say to taking chances?
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there's solid ground below
Or a hand to hold, or hell to pay
What do you say?
What do you say?

I just want to start again
And maybe you could show me how to try
And maybe you could take me in
Somewhere underneath your skin?

What do you say to taking chances?
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there's solid ground below
Or a hand to hold, or hell to pay
What do you say?
What do you say?

And I had my heart beaten down
But I always come back for more, yeah
There's nothing like love to pull you up
When you're laying down on the floor there
So talk to me, talk to me
Like lovers do
Yeah, walk with me, walk with me
Like lovers do
Like lovers do

What do you say to taking chances?
What do you say to jumping off the edge?
Never knowing if there's solid ground below
Or a hand to hold, or hell to pay
What do you say?
What do you say?

Don't know much about your life
And I don't know much about your world


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Taking Chances Lyrics as written by Kara Dioguardi David Stewart

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    honestly i am not the biggest fan of celine dion. however i heard this song for the first time on glee!! (love that show!! heres a shout out to the other gleeks out there!) anyway i couldnt get enough of it.i love how it starts off conservative and then gets belted1

    to me this song is about someone who really likes another person and just wants to give a relationship a shot. its all about that leap of faith and wondering if you'll make it out of where you are with that other person. if not you know that you will survive even if you may have regrets. you wont always know if that other person will always be there for you but all you can do is hope..

    PointePerfecton December 19, 2009   Link

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