Back in the summer of '69, in the hills of Tennessee Tommy had a girl and her name was Sue And they dreamed of a family The Vietnam was ragin' And when it came his turn to go With tears in her eyes She said goodbye But Tommy had let her go But love is not a candle in the rain When other lights have faded It will still remain And years of stormy weather Can't put out the flame 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain Three long years she waited And still the fire burned But a letter said he was missin' Never to return With a single spark of hope And faith in God above The whole world was against her But she would not give up 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain When other lights have faded It will still remain And years of stormy weather Can't put out the flame 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain Then one rainy night, there was a stranger at her door He held her close and he said the words she'd been prayin' for Love is not a candle in the rain When other lights have faded It will still remain And years of stormy weather Can't put out the flame 'Cause love is not a candle in the rain No, years of stormy weather Can't put out the flame 'Cause love is not a candle... in the rain