Rise To The Occasion Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

I'll never fall in love again 

It's such a contradiction 

To lose all control and common sense 

And even intuition 

You came along, with a strange new song 

And the sweetest innovation 

And you said, "One should never fall in love 

But rise to the occasion" 

To have loved and lost, I know the cost 

I fell and almost drowned 

If not for you, I'd have missed this view 

From higher ground 

Now we can touch the sky above 

At the angel's invitation 

And we don't even have to fall in love 

Just rise to the occasion