You could have gone off the Bloor St. viaduct
   i could have been run down in the street
   you could have got botulism anytime
   i could have gone overboard into the sea
  
   Anything can happen
   to put out the light,
   is it any wonder
   i don't want to say goodnight?
  
   I could have been hit by a falling pane of glass
   you could have had shark teeth write "finit"
   we could have been nailed by some vigilante type
   in a case of mistaken identity -- obviously
  
   Anything can happen
   to put out the light
   is it any wonder
   i don't want to say goodnight?
  
   We could have been lynched and tarred and feathered --
   been on a plane that crashed in flames --
   could have done the neutron melt together
   but here we are just the same!
  
   You could have been daggered in the dead of night
   You could have been gassed inside your car.
   I could have been walking in the open fields
   and been drilled through the head by a shooting star
  
   Anything can happen
   to put out the light
   is it any wonder
   i don't want to say goodnight?