BETTER LIFE

CHOREOGRAPHER: Peter Metelnick (September 2004) 01727 853 041
		petermetelnick@btinternet.com, www.linedance.biz
COUNT: 48
TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Intermediate
MUSIC: Better Life by Keith Urban (start after 24 count intro) (CD Be Here)

1-8	RIGHT & LEFT HEEL SWITCHES, LEFT BALL CROSS, 1/4 RIGHT & KICK,
	RIGHT BALL CROSS, 3/4 TURN LEFT INTO FORWARD SHUFFLE

1&	Touch Right heel forward, step Right together
2&	Touch Left heel forward, step Left together
3&4	Cross step Right over Left, turning 1/4 right step Left back, kick Right on Right diagonal
&5-6	Step Right back, cross step Left over Right, turning 1/4 left step Right back
7&8	Turning 1/2 left step Left forward, step Right together, step Left forward

9-16	RIGHT & LEFT HEEL SWITCHES, LEFT BALL CROSS, 1/4 RIGHT & KICK,
	RIGHT BALL CROSS, 1/2 TURN LEFT INTO SIDE SHUFFLE

1&	Touch Right heel forward, step Right together
2&	Touch Left heel forward, step Left together
3&4	Cross step Right over Left, turning 1/4 right step Left back, kick Right on Right diagonal
&5-6	Step Right back, cross step Left over Right, turning 1/4 left step Right back
7&8	Turning 1/4 left step Left to left, step Right together, step Left to left

17-24	SYNCOPATED RIGHT CROSS ROCK & RECOVER, WEAVE RIGHT 2,
	LEFT SAILOR, RIGHT CROSS BEHIND & UNWIND 3/4 RIGHT

1&2	Cross step Right over Left, recover weight on Left, step Right to right
3-4	Cross step Left over Right, step Right to right
5&6	Cross step Left behind Right, step Right to right, step Left to left
7-8	Touch Right behind Left, unwind 3/4 Right with weight ending on Right

25-32	LEFT FORWARD ROCK & RECOVER, 1/2 LEFT SHUFFLE, RIGHT FORWARD,
	1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN, RIGHT KICK BALL TOUCH

1-2	Rock Left forward, recover weight on Right
3&4	Turning 1/2 left step Left forward, step Right together, step Left forward
5-6	Step Right forward, pivot 1/2 left
7&8	Kick Right forward, step Right together, touch Left to left

33-40	LEFT SAILOR WITH 1/4 RIGHT TURN, RIGHT SAILOR HEEL,
	RIGHT BALL CROSS INTO LEFT CROSS SHUFFLE, 1/2 LEFT TURN

1&2	Cross step Left behind Right, turning 1/4 right step Right to right, step Left to left
3&4	Cross step Right behind Left, step Left to left,
	touch Right heel forward on Right diagonal
&5	Step Right back, cross step Left over Right
6&	Step Right to Right, cross step Left over Right
7-8	Turning 1/4 left step Right back, turning 1/4 left step Left to left

41-48	RIGHT FORWARD, TOUCH LEFT TOGETHER, LEFT BALL HEEL, RIGHT BACK,
	LEFT FORWARD, RIGHT FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN, RIGHT KICK BALL STEP

1-2	Step Right forward, touch Left together
&3	Step Left back, touch Right heel forward
4&	Step Right back, step Left forward
5-6	Step Right forward, pivot 1/2 left
7&8	Kick Right forward, step Right together, step Left forward

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