The Decision (Jerry Thompson, Ricky Van Shelton, 1985)
She fell in love with her heart and showed it physically
It was a night of love and passion for the whole wide world to see
Nobody every told her that one and one make three
And now she cries at night 'til the mornin light dries her tears of misery
She's gonna make a decision 'bout the baby inside
She's only seventeen, and she's not a bride
She's gonna make a decision, which will it be
Whichever she chooses, will she every be free?
The talk she had with her mother didn't seem to ease her mind
The night of love and passion seems so far behind
She learned too late just one mistake can turn a love to hate
Now will she go down to the clinic and take what's not hers to take
She's gonna make a decision 'bout the baby inside
She's only seventeen, and she's not a bride
She's gonna make a decision, which will it be
Whichever she chooses, will she every be free?
Instrumental
Her mother cries at the table, her daddy slams the door
Her boyfriend, he left town last night, she won't see him no more
She wakes up sick each morning and lays down lonely each night
Can she hold her head up and live with the shame
Or will she end it all out of fright?
She left the innocence of her childhood in that motel room
And now she's facing motherhood with a baby in her womb
All of her dreams for the future are now in her past
Can she face tomorrow and will her courage last?
She's gonna make a decision 'bout the baby inside
She's only seventeen, and she's not a bride
She's gonna make a decision, which will it be
Whichever she chooses, will she every be free?
She's gonna make a decision 'bout the baby inside
She's only seventeen, and she's not a bride
She's gonna make a decision, which will it be
Whichever she chooses, will she every be free?