Why do they care,why do they worry It’s our life not theirs,yet they’re in such a hurry To prove that they’re right, and we are just children In love with night, and to young to know They want to protect me From growin’ up wrong They say you’ll reject me But our love to strong Tough love will help us Tough love that they can’t break They can try a tear our dreams apart But they can’t touch the love that’s in our hearts Why do they always push us around How come they keep on putting us down They’ve tried every trick from anger to tears Pulling the strings for so many years Chorus: Tough love will help us tough love that they can’t break They can try a tear our dreams apart But they can’t touch the love that’s in our hearts Tough love will save us Tough love that they can’t shake They can tie me up and hide the key But that won’t change a thing You’d better go now Somebody’s comin’ I’ll slip out the window While they’re asleep I know if we told them They’d just try and stop us I’ll leave them a note And try to explain