| She wasn’t wearing a wedding dress
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| In a Vegas wedding chapel
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| They were herding 'em in and out of there
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| Like they were cattle
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| Not exactly the fairytale that she had planned
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| But mama said, «Aren't you supposed to get married, girl
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| Before you bring a baby in this world?»
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| And all she could say was «yes ma’am»
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| She called her from that chapel
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| In Love Land
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| She said, «Mama, I really love this man»
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| Love Land
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| Seemed like a lifetime, driving from Vegas to Oklahoma
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| «If you’re allowed a number of mistakes in life,"she said
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| «Maybe I filled my quarter»
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| They called in a reception, saying you did the right thing
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| But they smiled, their broken smiles said
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| «Who needs to walk down the aisle?»
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| As she showed off her wedding ring
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| They walked away hand in hand
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| To Love Land
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| She said, «I really love this man»
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| Love Land
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| Amazing all the progress we’ve made
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| Since the days of Thomas Edison
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| Still only God gives life
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| In spite of modern medicine
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| The doctors' voices whispered
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| «We did all that we could do But your baby wasn’t strong enough
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| To make it the whole nine months»
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| And as their world broke in two
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| He said, «I'll carry you through
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| To Love Land»
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| She said, «For the longest time I’ve blamed myself
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| Thought I was paying for my mistakes»
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| But they tried again, now they’re watching him
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| All three candles out
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| He’s daddy’s little man
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| She said, «Only God could’ve planned the steps I’ve taken
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| That led me to where I am Love Land
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| Love, Love Land
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| Anywhere you hold my hand is Love Land
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| Ooh, Love Land» |