Love has gone as surely as it came   Leavin' me mistaken   Leavin' you no shame   But that's not all   A child will be forsaken   Thinkin' she was safe   And who will be to blame?      We gotta put away the heartache   You gotta quell your desire   We gotta sacrifice, we must not break   You gotta put out the fire.      Thrown in my dreams, my hopes an' expectations   Believe me, I don't wanna make a fuss   But I can't allow you these new found aspirations   This little girl needs both of us.      You' gotta put away the yearnin'   We gotta hide all the pain   You gotta sacrifice the burnin'   Well let me help you smile again.      Remember sunny days when we would laugh   An' we would play   Throwin' stones in the sea, makin' castles in the sand   An' all those rainy days when we would walk   And stay out late   An' she'd go splashing in the puddles   Got her stockings saturated   Comin' home tired in the dark   Pickin' up sticks   An' kicking at the leaves   Laughin' at those crazy women   She was smilin' at the men.      But love has gone as surely as it came   Leavin' me mistaken   Leavin' you no shame   If that's not enough   A child will be forsaken   Thinkin' she was safe   Now sharin' all the pain.      We gotta put away the heartache   You gotta quell your desire   We gotta sacrifice, we must not break   You gotta put out the fire.      You' gotta put away the yearnin'   We gotta hide all the pain   You gotta sacrifice the burnin'   Well let me help you smile again.