INTRO: C F C G C F C F C G C F C G C F C G C F Beside the braes of dawn one clear new morning C Down where the lilies stood in bloom F C G C F I knew that I was just a stranger in this world G C A wind just passing through F C G C F So we dared to stray in these golden ways C We never, never knew what to do F C G C F And the world kept coming, screaming all it's news at me G C Well, now I've got news for you CHORUS 1: G C F So, let me take you down to the dancing floor C You can walk out on the crowd F G C F Let us waltz away what's left of the living years G C In celebration of the loved CHORUS 2: G C F It's all glitz and sparkle down on the dancing floor C We can turn our lives around F G C F Just leave behind that wretch that you have been G C With that fool that I'd become F C G C F No, nothing's all that it seems in the strands and the weaves C Our steps renewed, our lips confess F C G C F We were stranded at the alter of unknown delights G C Down on the road to happiness F C G C F And as the sunlight fills the highland hills C It's all become so clear somehow F C G C F That the days we spend are not made to end G C We stand forever in their glow CHORUS 1: G C F So, let me take you down to the dancing floor C You can walk out on the crowd F G C F Let us waltz away what's left of the living years G C In celebration of the loved CHORUS 2: G C F It's all glitz and sparkle down on the dancing floor C We can turn our lives around F G C F Just leave behind that wretch that you have been G C With that fool that I'd become INSTRUMENTAL: F C G C (3x) F C G C F C G C F Now the hours are few and the days can be so cruel (so cruel) C Yes, the night are getting long F C G C F And that joy that you would always bring G C It'll always keep me strong CHORUS 1: G C F So, let me take you down to the dancing floor C You can walk out on the crowd F G C F Let us waltz away what's left of the living years G C In celebration of the loved CHORUS 2: G C F It's all glitz and sparkle tonight on the dancing floor C We can turn our lives around F G C F Just leave behind that wretch that you have been G C With that fool that I'd become