C
Call us America's sweethearts We found a place in Roxbury
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Where we can meet the mortgage go to church on sunday
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 I teach communion class and David leads the choir
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Ten years together thinking about children

Lots of children out there beat up beat down hoping
For a home and harpour a hand that doesn't hit
Where the form said "father" and "mother" we had to cross it out
"Father" and "father" that's DAvid and me

Twelve months of waiting suddenly two little bows on our doorstep
Scared and crying gave them a bath and tucket them in
Three-year-old Jamie little brother scott
Jamie had a bruise like a boot in the middle of his back

CHORUS:
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Love is love no matter who no matter where
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Love is love and a child knows when it's there
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They can pry away the fingers that graced these walls with dirt
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They can pull us apart they can lie oh they can hurt
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But love leaves a trace and the heart holds a place for love's return

McDonald's and K-Mart - do you know how hard it is to find kid's shoes?
Scott's first haircut grinning and a little confused
Outside the aquarium baseball jackets red and blue
A picture is like time that's standing still

Jamie was a scrapper he punched his brother decked the kid next door
He threw a plate at David then ducked and cowered waiting for the blow
After supper I held him close "You're safe here this is your home"
And the rainse came to the parched and broken earth

BRIDGE:
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But the papers smelled the headlines - gay parents two little innocent boys
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TV news on the front porch politicians made a lot of noise
                 Em
Liberal governor  he gave the order
F                    Am
Social worker phoned "Have them ready at three"

Picked Jamie up at daycare kids were running shouting as they played
We didn't want to tell him maye the governer could have explained
Jamie was screaming when we strapped him in the welfare car
David said "We love you" and they were gone

BRIDGE:
You find out who your friends are some came round some just let it go
Rallies on the common people singing people saying no
This is crazy - but Scott and Jamie
Are still pinballs in a busted machine

The kitche's clean and quiet we changed the furniture around
Still keep Scott's rabbit - in the middle of the night sometimes I wake to the sound
Of a little one crying when there's nothing there at all
David holds me sayd "Go back to sleep"

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