Sometimes When We Love

When she was a little girl
She could always go to mama
'Cause there’s some things only mothers
Can really understand
Now she was deep in trouble
And had to have an answer
But this time, she knew mama
Couldn't be her helping hand

It seems she's gone too far
With a boy she knows from high school
She didn’t tell her mother
'Cause she was so ashamed
Now she lays there alone
Crying in the darkness
The little girl inside her
Can hear her mama say

Sometimes when we love
We've got to give it away
Though the call to sacrifice
Is so hard to obey
We've gotta live forever
With the choices that we make
Sometimes when we love
We've got to give it away

Now from time to time
When she sees children playing
She wonders what he's doing
She wonders where he lives
And in her heart, she knows
She made the right decision
And if he learns about her
She prays that he'll forgive

'Cause she’ll know how he feels
Like the day her parents told her
About a little girl
A mother gave to them
And to this day, she’s thankful
Her life was held so precious
And that she made the choice
To give that chance to him

Sometimes when we love
We've got to give it away
Though the call to sacrifice
Is so hard to obey
We’ve gotta live forever
With the choices that we make
And sometimes when we love
We've got to give it away
Oh, sometimes when we love
We've got to give it away