On the startless stars above Let me tell you a tale of love We're back in 1952 Meet a boy misunderstood Meet a girl who always could Get whatever she wanted Two young hearts so far apart But true love would never stop The sacred meetings they had down by the old playhouse We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love, love We saw two harlots by our house Grow alone with white friends around Sat on the porch and enjoyed the sound Plan out the future in their love Ran away one Monday morn Four years later you were born And now we're here, 2002 Riches burn but love sustained Until the drapes in the window stop blowing in the wind We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love, love ♪ (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) ♪ We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love, love We took a chance on love We took a chance on love