I was standing in the grocery store line, the one they marked express
When this woman came through with about 25 things and I said don't you know that more is less
She said this world is moving so fast, I just get more behind every day
And every morning when I make my coffee I can't believe my life's turned out this way
All I could say was love's the only house big enough for all the pain
All I could say was love's the only house big enough for all the pain
He was walking by the other day and I said hey baby how you been
Yeah I got me a little girl now and she's four years old and she's got her daddy's little grin
You only wanted what you can
You can't have and baby you can't have me now
I gave my heart to another
Yeah I'm a mother and he's a father and we're a family and we've got each other
And I found out the hard way to love
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
You drive three miles from all this prosperity down across the river
And you see a ghetto there
And we got children walking around with guns
And they got knives and drugs and pain to spare
And here I am in my clean white shirt and little money in my pocket
In a nice warm home
And we got teenagers walking around in a culture of darkness
Living together alone
All I can say is love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
And I can't explain it
And I can't understand
That I've come down and get my hands dirty
And together we'll make a stand
Somewhere across the parking lot
Some band's playing out a tune
City streets are gonna burn
If we don't do something soon
Senorita can't quit crying
Baby's due now any day
Dawn one left, got sick and tired
Trying, no one there to show them the way
She came down to the grocery store and she said
I want to buy a little carton of milk but I don't have any money
And I said, hey, I'll cover you, honey
Cause the pain's gotta go somewhere
Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace
So come on down to my house
Don't you know I love the only house
Big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
Don't you know that love's the only house
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you next time.