I had some words with her old man

When I asked him for her hand

'Cause eye to eye, you know, we never could see

Now we're off and we're on our own

As we head in to the danger zone

To find a little pink house for her and me



chorus

We did it for love

We did it for satisfaction

It was the rage of the age and the hour of the main attraction

We finally said, enough is enough

We played it by ear, it came from the heart

We did it for love



Now Mary Beth is doin' all she can

She had her child without her man

She never cared to hear what the town folk would say

They tried to talk her out of keepin' that boy

But in this world she's found no greater joy

Now she's a proud mama

Watchin' the little man play

chorus

She did it for love

She did it for satisfaction

It was the rage of the age and the hour of the main attraction

She finally said, enough is enough

She played it by ear, it came from the heart

She did it for love



My brother fought in the Vietnam war

He left his job and his family chores

I never understood when he said he couldn't let it be

Now it's been twenty years or so

He still talks about how regular joes were somethin' man

Defendin' the land of the free

chorus

They did it for love

they did it for satisfaction

It was the rage of the age and the hour of the main attraction

They finally said, enough is enough

They played it by ear, it came from the heart

They did it for love



chorus

We did it for love

We did it for satisfaction

It was the rage of the age and the hour of the main attraction

We finally said, enough is enough

We played it by ear, it came from the heart

We did it for l