by good chance

 we are not measured rightly by good chance

our hopes are limitless but not our skin

there are no victors ever at this dance

 

they told us this was the time to advance

that all the old faults had been cast in bin

we are not measured rightly by good chance

 

our wounds will never let us jump or prance

and when we are related we're not kin

there are no victors ever at this dance

 

since it's a game whose players can enhance

their virtues best by adding to the din

we are not measured rightly by good chance

 

nor yet permitted to take up a stance

above the fray our only hope is sin

there are no victors ever at this dance

 

but there are still fools who think it romance

and who believe that there's a prize to win

we are not measured rightly by good chance

there are no victors ever at this dance