Ready To Take A Chance Again

“Ready To Take A Chance Again”

You remind me I live in a shell,
Safe from the past,

and doing’ okay,
but not very well.

No jolts, no surprises,
No crisis arises:
My life goes along as it should,
it’s all very nice,
but not very good.

And I’m Ready To Take A Chance Again,
Ready to put my love on the line with you.

Been living with nothing to show for it;
You get what you get when you go for it,

And I’m Ready To Take Chance Again with you.

When she left me in all my despair,

I just held on,
My hopes were all gone.
Then I found you there.

And I’m Ready To Take A Chance Again
Ready To Take A Chance Again with you,
With you.

-Norman Gimbel (b. 1927)