HE CAME INTO HER LIFE UNEXPECTEDLY|AND TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN SHE WAS ONLY SEVENTEEN|IT MADE HER MAMMA CRY SHE SAID YOU'RE JUST TOO YOUNG|HER DADDY TURNED HIS BACK BUT SHE WOULDN'T GIVE HIM UP||AND EVERYBODY TOLD HER IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE|SO LATE ONE NIGHT SHE PACKED HER THINGS AND THEY RAN AWAY||CHORUS|AND EVERY WALL, EVERY FALL, EVERY STUMBLE|EVERY FUMBLE THAT FED HER FEARS|EVERY ROAD THAT CRUMBLED|AND EVERY DREAM THAT DISAPPEARED|MADE HER TOUGH, MADE HER LOVE MUCH STRONGER|MADE HER TRUST THOSE BROKEN YEARS|AND LOOKING BACK SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE|ANYWHERE BUT HERE||THEY GOT A LITTLE PLACE NO IT WASN'T MUCH|BUT SHE DIDN'T CARE; SHE'D NEVER BEEN SO IN LOVE|WASN'T ALWAYS EASY, BUT WHEN IT GOT TOO HARD|ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS HOLD HIM IN HER ARMS||CHORUS||BRIDGE|ALL THEY HAD WAS EACH OTHER|EIGHTEEN YEARS OF UPS AND DOWNS|BUT WHEN SHE SAW HIM ALL GROWN UP|STANDING IN HIS CAP AND GOWN|MOM HAD NEVER BEEN SO PROUD||CHORUS 2|AND EVERY WALL, EVERY FALL, EVERY STUMBLE|EVERY FUMBLE THAT FED HER FEARS|EVERY ROAD THAT CRUMBLED|IT ALL JUST DISAPPEARD|MADE HER TOUGH, MAKE HER LOVE MUCH STRONGER|MADE HER THANKFUL FOR ALL THOSE TEARS|AND LOOKING BACK SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE|ANYWHERE BUT HERE|