Some people need to know what to expect   Need to keep control, need to keep one step   Ahead of every chance, as if chance decides   Who it's gonna pass, who it will reward   They don't understand, chances don't keep score   They just find us when we're there to find      And so this has to be, a sudden gift of fate   You're nothing less to me than a sudden gift of fate   It's not as if it comes down to your turn   That someone somewhere feels you've earned   You just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate      Some people have never been the lonely kind   Never called a friend in the middle of the night   Just to hear a voice say it's okay   And now I hear you speak each and every word   That I didn't think lonely people heard   You took a long night and turned it into day      And so this has to be, a sudden gift of fate   You're nothing less to me than a sudden gift of fate   It's not as if it comes down to your turn   That someone somewhere feels you've earned   You just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate   You can celebrate, gifts are never late   You just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate