What's love got to do with it then

They say you fall in love and life is complete,
But will that love last when life's struggles have you beat,

When someone that you hold close to heart,
doesn't love the one you promised to " till death do you apart",

What's love got to do with it then?

When the one you so much love,
is being forced with a gun,
is he the man that wanted to give you the sun,

What's love got to do with it then?

When you hold two little kids in your hand,
and you are forced to live in a foreign land,

What's love got to do with it then?

When you have to start all over again, and again,
with all the obstacles never seem to end,

What's love got to do with it then?

When your health brings you to almost the end,
and family has love from far away to send,

What's love got to do with it then?

When your brothers and sisters,
cousins and their children are all oceans away,
and all you have is each other at the end of the day,

What's love got to do with it then?

It isn't the love for each other that will last forever and a day,
it's the promise that you want to keep each and every way,

The promise to each other
"For better or worst,
in sickness or health,
For the rest of our lives,
that's all we have left"

Happy 34th Anniversary to my two best friends, my parents!