Life Takes You by Surprise

If you'd told me last year I would someday be here

I would have laughed in your face

But fate has a plan, unimagined by man

And we must accept it with grace

You think you know what's coming

You think that you are wise

And then when you're not looking

Life takes you by surprise

You think you have your bearings

And then a pair of eyes

Will change your course completely

Life takes you by surprise

If you said yesterday, life would turn out this way

I would have called you deranged

But the world gives a spin and two my chagrin

Suddenly everything's changed

You think you know your measure

And then you realize

That when you least expect it

A letter comes, a man is dead, you shed a tear, surprise

You have a plan, you think you're safe, the mirror says surprise

And suddenly your forced to improvise

Liebchen, Bella, Fredrick, I'm a nun

This is what I want

Kiss you, what an idea

If you ask me right now, will I stand tall or bow?

When the next twist of fate has a go

I could rant till I'm blue about what I will do

But the truth is I really don't know

You think you know what's coming

And then you realize

In ways you've never fathomed

Life takes you by surprise