You say you never fell before But this time you must have slipped, now you know how it feels You say you've always watched your step But this time you must have tripped and went head over heels Now you say it, your so good and you want me to fall too What a crazy thing to ask someone you love to do No I'd rather not fall Fall leads a river wrong And it pulls apart a mountain and throws him over the edge At first it feels real good But he's half way down when he sees there's real trouble ahead Above the ragged rocks below, he wonders was it worth the thrill Cause if the fall don't do him in then the sudden stop surely will No I'd rather not fall Just let me slip into this slow and easy I've got my sight set on the long, long haul I believe we're headed for the same place baby Let's change this pace to a slow crawl I'll walk in standing tall, but I'd rather not fall Fall takes a shooting star And it burns into a streak of disappearing light And when the darkness falls It turns away the sun and leaves us here in the night Steals the green from the trees And paints them red and gold Leaves them standing there in the winter air With their branches bare and cold No I'd rather not fall Just let me slip into this slow and easy I've got my sight set on the long, long haul I believe we're headed for the same place baby Let's change this pace to a slow crawl I'll walk in standing tall, but I'd rather not fall No I'd rather not fall No I'd rather not fall