Scott and Jamie

[Verse 1]
Call us America's sweethearts
We found a place in Roxbury
Where we can meet the mortgage
Go to church on Sunday
I teach communion class
And David leads the choir
Ten years together, thinking 'bout children

[Verse 2]
Lots of children out there
Beat up, beat down, hoping for a home
And a harbor
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

[Verse 3]
Twelve months of waiting
Suddenly two little boys on our doorstep
Scared and crying
Gave them a bath and tucked them in
Three-year-old Jamie
Little brother Scott
Jamie had a bruise like a boot in the middle of his back

[Chorus]
Love is love
No matter who, no matter where
Love is love
And a child knows when it's there
They can pry away the fingers
That graced these walls with dirt
They can pull us apart
They can lie, oh they can hurt
But love leaves a trace
And the heart holds a place for love's return

[Verse 4]
McDonalds and K-Marts
Do you know how hard it is to find kids' shoes?
Scott's first haircut
Grinning and a little confused
Outside the aquarium
Baseball jackets red and blue
A picture is like time standing still

[Verse 5]
Jamie was a scrapper
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 rains came to the parched and broken earth

[Bridge]
The papers smelled the headlines
Gay parents, two little innocent boys
TV news on the front porch
Politicians made a lot of noise
Liberal governor
He gave the order
Social worker phoned
"Have 'em ready at three"

[Verse 6]
Picked Jamie up at daycare
Kids were running, shouting as they played
We didn't want to tell him
Maybe the governor 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

[Verse 7]
Kitchen'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, says "Go back to sleep"

[Chorus]
Love is love
No matter who, no matter where
Love is love
And a child knows when it's there
They can pry away the fingers
That graced these walls with dirt
They can pull us apart
They can lie, oh they can hurt
But love leaves a trace
And the heart holds a place for love's return
The heart holds a place for love's return