A baby's born I the middle of the night In a local delivery room They grab his feet, smack'em till he cries; He goes home the next afternoon 'Fore you know it he's off to school And then he graduates in May Goes out and gets a Ph.D., then cures all sorts of things Wins a Nobel Prize and saves a million different lives The worlds a better place for all he's done It's funny when you think about the reason he's alive It's all because two people fell in love
Right now at a picnic shelter down by Caney Creek You'll find potato salad, hot dogs and baked beans The whole Wilson family's lined up, fillin' their paper plates They've drove or flown in hear from fifteen different states Well Stanley Wilson says that sixty years ago he knew That Miss Emma Tucker was the one Now five generations get together every June All because two people fell in love
Chorus Yea there ain't nothin' not affected When two hearts get connected All that is, will be, or ever was Every single choice we make Every breath we get to take Is all because two people fell in love
Well, I recall a young man who was driftin' aimlessly And a young waitress who seemed lonesome as can be But in a little cafŽ right off of Fourteenth Avenue With a whole lotta help from up above We met and things sure turned around for me and you And all because two people fell in love
Chorus II Baby, there ain't nothin' not affected When two hearts get connected All that is, will be, or ever was I'm glad your dad could not resist Your mama's charms and you exist All because two people fell in love
You know, to me it's all so clear Every one of us is here All because two people fell in love
A baby's born I the middle of the night In a local delivery room They grab his feet, smack'em till he cries;