Being young and in love is a dangerous combination. I wrote this song about the pain and consequence that comes out of the wrong kind of love, and the redemption that can be only be found in family. It's easy to imagine that humid summer night when it all went wrong for this girl, and we've all lied to ourselves to make the wrong things seem right. But when she holds her little baby for the first time, she finds grace enough in that newborn smile to recognize the one true love that has carried her through.
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HE WAS A DARK HAIRED BOY WITH AN ELVIS SMILE
SHE WAS SIX MONTHS SHY OF HER FIRST BORN CHILD
SHE WAS BARELY 17 WHEN HE HAD HIS WAY
NOW THERE AIN’T NOTHING SHE CAN DO
THAT CAN MAKE HIM STAY
GIRL, CAN’T YOU SEE HE’S GONE
NO MORE WORDS TO LEAD YOU ON ONE MORE DAY
NO MORE LIES GONNA MAKE HIM STAY SO
GIRL CAN’T YOU LET HIM GO
NO ONE HAS TO KNOW THE WAY HE MADE YOU FEEL
NO MORE TEARS GONNA MAKE IT REAL AGAIN
SO SHE PACKED UP THOSE MEMORIES
CAUGHT A GREYHOUND FOR HOME
WHERE SHE KNEW THEY’D FORGIVE HER THERE
FOR WHAT IS LOVE WITHOUT A PROMISE
OR HOPE WITHOUT FEAR?
IT WAS HER MOTHER THAT WAS WAITING
TO HOLD HER NEAR
SHE SAID YOU’LL NEVER HAVE MORE
HEARTACHE THAN YOUR SOUL CAN BEAR
BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE JOY,
YOU’RE GONNA SHED SOME TEARS
GIRL CAN’T YOU SEE HE’S GONE
NO MORE WORDS TO LEAD YOU ON ONE MORE DAY
NO MORE LIES GONNA MAKE HIM STAY SO
GIRL CAN’T YOU LET HIM GO
NO ONE HAS TO KNOW THE WAY HE MADE YOU FEEL
NO MORE TEARS GONNA MAKE IT REAL AGAIN
THEN ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER,
MAYBE SIX WEEKS TOO SOON
SHE REMEMBERED HIS FATHER’S SMILE
WHEN SHE HELD HIM SO CLOSE,
FELT HIS TREMBLING HEART,
IT WAS SUDDENLY ALL SO CLEAR
GIRL CAN’T YOU SEE HE’S GONE
NO MORE WORDS TO LEAD YOU ON ONE MORE DAY
NO MORE WORDS GONNA MAKE HIM STAY SO
GIRL CAN’T YOU LET HIM GO
NO ONE HAS TO KNOW THE WAY HE MADE YOU FEEL
NO MORE TEARS GONNA MAKE IT REAL
NO MORE LIES GONNA BREAK THIS DEAL
NO MORE HURT FOR THIS HEART OF STEEL
ONE TRUE LOVE, ONE TRUE LOVE WILL ENDURE
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