| Back in the summer of '69, in the hills of Tennessee
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| Tommy had a girl and her name was Sue
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| And they dreamed of a family
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| The Vietnam was ragin'
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| And when it came his turn to go
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| With tears in her eyes
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| She said goodbye
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| But Tommy had let her go
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| But love is not a candle in the rain
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| When other lights have faded
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| It will still remain
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| And years of stormy weather
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| Can’t put out the flame
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| 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain
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| Three long years she waited
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| And still the fire burned
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| But a letter said he was missin'
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| Never to return
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| With a single spark of hope
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| And faith in God above
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| The whole world was against her
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| But she would not give up
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| 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain
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| When other lights have faded
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| It will still remain
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| And years of stormy weather
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| Can’t put out the flame
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| 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain
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| Then one rainy night, there was a stranger at her door
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| He held her close and he said the words she’d been prayin' for
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| Love is not a candle in the rain
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| When other lights have faded
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| It will still remain |
| And years of stormy weather
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| Can’t put out the flame
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| 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain
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| No, years of stormy weather
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| Can’t put out the flame
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| 'Cause love is not a candle… in the rain |