A toast to love with paper cups And a vow to never part Theyre saying to each other theres a fire burning Deep within their hearts But at her darkest hour hes gone far away Shes all alone And when the lights go out its the hardest time The hardest time to be alone She sends her Mary off to school And sits to watch TV Theyre talking about spending their lives together The way its supposed to be Then the baby cries, wakes her from her dream Shes on her own And when the lights go out its the hardest time The hardest time to be alone A mothers dream is like a story never told Reaching out for something more then a hand to hold Wanting the girl she left behind So far behind Pen and paper in her hand To write the folks back home Shes telling them again that her life is better Not like long ago Then her shaking hand tears across the page Crumbles to the floor And when the lights go out its the hardest time The hardest time to be alone
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