Of the small-town daily news
 It read Lilah Thompson had a baby boy
 Six pounds at 10:02
 But they didn't list the father
 He was carefully ignored
 No mention of the scuffle in the corridor
 But the questions still got asked

 At the nurse's station he was close enough
 To hear her call his name
 He said, "It isn't fair, but if he knows I'm here
 Her dad will go insane
 If there's something you can do about it
 Would you try
 I just want to hear our baby cry
 Even if it's through the glass"

 Oh, once in awhile when the odds are against love
 And all the events of the heart are on trial
 If somebody gives
 And leaves the door open
 To the power of hope and the will to forgive
 Love lives

 Three suitcases and a baby seat
 And their lives were in a car
 Stealing off  to the city where they both believed
 They could make it if they worked real hard
 Three weeks later they were out of that cheap motel
 Having dinner at the Taco Bell
 When he gave her the ring

 Oh, once in awhile when the odds are against love
 And all the events of the heart are on trial
 If somebody gives
 And leaves the door open
 To the power of hope and the will to forgive
 Love lives

 When the preacher said, "If anyone objects
 Speak now or hold your peace"
 Every eye in the church turned to watch the man
 Who rose up from his seat
 But when he said
 "I'm sorry for the things I didn't understand
 Can I give you to this man"
 Everybody cried

 Oh, once in awhile when the odds are against love
 And all the events of the heart are on trial
 If somebody gives
 And leaves the door open
 To the power of hope and the will to forgive
 Love lives

 Love lives