Love Isn't Free

The neon lights of a movie marquee
 Says the show today is Love Is Free
 And inside a boy and a girl on a date
 Their folks are gone away they're gonna stay out late
 A little later on in a lover's lane
 They park in the dark with their hearts in flames
 He says oh baby go along with me
 I need you so and love is free
 In a simple little room in a Chatanooga home
 For girls that need a friend and are all alone
 She waits for a letter that never comes
 From a boy that won't admit what he's done
 She had to leave school cause she couldn't stand the shame
 Her daddy said she ruined the family name
 Her mama cries herself to sleep at night
 That's no way to start a young girl's life
 Love isn't free no it ain't free
 No matter what they say somebody has to pay for love
 In an orphanage home a sad little girl
 Six years old and all alone in the world
 She knows by now what they never say
 That she once had a mom but she gave her away
 People come to visit but don't choose Marie
 She cries at the door nobody loves me
 And somewhere a boy doesn't care at all
 That her tear at night stains her little rag doll
 Love isn't free no it ain't free
 No matter what they say somebody has to pay for love
 No matter what they say look who's paying for love