He had one hand on the wheel of his two door Chevy Cavalier
And the other one was running through the waves of her sandy hair
It was well past twelve when they pulled into her parents drive
She didn't think anyone was watching when she kissed him goodnight, busted

Her momma told her she was grounded for a year
Her daddy said that boy ain't welcome around here
She ran up to her room screaming down those stairs
You can say what you wanna say, lock me up, throw the key away
But if this is really fate then love will wait, love will wait

Two months later her momma finally let her off the hook
She said, "I'm heading uptown to return a few library books"
But she climbed in the Cavalier sitting at the Amoco station
He told her "Time don't matter, love was worth the waiting, a love sweet, oh yeah"

Her momma told her she was grounded for a year
Her daddy said that boy ain't welcome around here
She ran up to her room screaming down those stairs
You can say what you wanna say, lock me up, throw the key away
But if this is really fate then love will wait, oh yeah

Now there's a little white house on the edge of a country lake
And daddy's working on that rusty old Chevy in the driveway
The kids are playing with the dog, throwing frisbee in the front yard
And mama's sitting on that front porch swaying, staring at that car where it all started

Her momma told her she was grounded for a year
Her daddy said that boy ain't welcome around here
She ran up to her room screaming down those stairs
You can say what you wanna say, lock me up, throw the key away
But if this is really fate then love will wait, oh yeah

You can try to step in between
Love and destiny but what will be, will be
Love will wait, oh yeah
Love will wait