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Intro

He's gone, you've lost

Stay behind and count the cost

You try, you lose

 You don't fall in love by chance

 You choose

It's a decision made over time

Should you take a risk and start to climb

The steepest hill only to find

Halfway there you've been left behind?

Choosing to love is risking a lot

 And trying to change and to give all you've got

 But don't pretend it comes out of the blue

You take a chance and see it through

 And if it's refused what can you do?

 Continue hopefully? Start anew?

Lick your wounds, buy your booze

You won't get drunk by accident, you'll choose

Don't blame him for refusing your bid

 He didn't decide to love

 You did

Learn the lesson, take the blows

You didn't fall in love by chance, you chose

Play the sad songs, sing the blues

 You don't fall in love by chance

 You choose

 You choose