On a hot summer's night in the year of '75  Jimmy Doyle took his child bride, Amanda, for a drive  She was only seventeen he just lived to see her smile  Their commitment to each other burned like a forest fire  Otis in the radio singing " Stand By Me"  As a trooper pulled them over  And said Jimmy where you been  Someone matching your description  Has just robbed the liquor store  Amanda said " He's been with me"  But they weren't listening anymore  Down at Precinct Number Five They questioned  Jimmy through the night  The sheriff said " He's gotta stand trial"  Armed robbery is the charge  Amanda said " This cannot be"  Gonna stay right here until you set him free  And I love him  Here to eternity  Forever Unto eternity  Oh God gave me something I must hold on to  Gonna hold on him  No matter what you do  The old courthouse was crowded  As the judge reviewed the case In a year of re-election  He was desperate to impress Innocenct or guilty  He saw an opportunity  To send Jimmy down for life to the Penitentiary  Disbelief and anger  As they dragged him away  In a cell below the courthouse  They beat him like a slave  But his use of martial arts  Struck a blow for liberty  Felled a guard with a fist of iron  And killed him instantly  All the press surrounded Amanda  Coming down the courthouse steps  Pleading for her young man's life  And in a moment seen by millions  She bowed her head and cried  Show my man some mercy  He's the father of my child  I love him  Here to eternity  Forever Unto eternity  Oh God gave me something I must hold on to  Gonna hold on him  No matter what you do I love him  Here to eternity  Jimmy Doyle appeared again  In a second public trail  For the murder of a prison guard  They sentenced him to die  But Amanda with her long red hair  Made one last plea  As the court fell into silence  She cried out desperately  This man of mine is innocent  As one day I shall prove  It's an open case of self defense  All this circumstantial evidence  You place before your court  Has robbed me of my husband  forget I will not  I love him  Here to eternity  Forever Unto eternity  Oh goodbye Jimmy ' Til we meet again  In a better world than this  I swear I'll clear your name  ' Cos I love you  Here to eternity  am I still the same?  Only a boy laughing aloud, quick as a shot, nobody can stop.  Only a boy, plans of his own, leaving his home,  knows where he's going, only a boy.  only a boy, only a boy, only a boy oh