Love Will Go All the Way

Like a mother love for her child She'll do anything, she'll do it with a smile And when trouble comes, everything is alright, that's what she'll say She's up early in the morning, sometime late at night Doing all she can to make everything alright 'Cause love will (love will) Love will go all the way (go all the way) Say it again, love will (love will) Love will go all the way (go all the way) Oh, like (your child), you'll love him, I know you do No matter what nobody says Just like (your child), you'll do all you can You'll even go, you'll go all the way 'Cause love is action, not just words you say You're doing all you can, the way you know that don't pay 'Cause love will (love will) Love will go all the way (go all the way) Say it again, love will (love will) Love will go all the way (go all the way) Song reminder of a story Of a young man who had gotten in trouble Been tried and found guilty Sentenced to hang by his neck until he was dead But in this country, they had a custom, they had a bell And that bell must ring before they could take a man's life And the old lady knew that So the night before her son was going to be executed She got up, went out, climbed up, and made her way up in that bell Oh, the next morning, they brought her son out, stood him on the raft Tied his hands behind his back, put the rope around his neck Officer looked at his soldier and told him to ring the bell Soldier pulled, but the bell wouldn't ring Told him again, said "Ring the bell" Again that soldier pulled, but the bell, the bell wouldn't ring Soldier told the officer, "I believe something must be wrong with that bell" Officer told him, said, "Pull a little bit harder" Again that soldier pulled with all he had But that bell wouldn't ring Then the officer told him, said, "Well, untie his hands Take that rope from around his neck We've got to let him go free" When the old lady heard that, she forgot all about where she was She just turned on her horse Fell to the ground Her son walked over and said, "Mama Mama, mama, you didn't, you didn't have to do that" But she was laying there, she had tears rolling down one side She was smiling on the other side She looked at him and said, "Son, there's something I never told you" But I want you to know that I love you and I'll do anything Anything to see you go free The officer was standing there He was so amazed until he turned to the other officer and told him Said, "You know I learned one thing today" And as they began to walk away He began to explain to him what he had learned He looked at him and told him, said "I learned that love will, love will go all the way", (go all the way) Somebody know they will, love will (love will) Love will go all the way (go all the way)