The phone rings on his nightstand

in the middle of the night.

She's calling 'cause she just cant stand

listening to her parents fight.

Momma says she's leaving,

Daddy wants a divorce.

Now her car is weaving off

as he stands on the front porch

and their baby daughter cries,

sobbing into the phone.

Just 16, she wants to die

or to not feel so alone.

He tells her the only thing

she wants to hear...

Baby I love you forever

and I'm always gonna treasure

every moment, every minute,

and I won't take you for granted.

I won't make you cry

and even when we fight,

I'll always be your lover,

friend, protector, no other.

We're not gonna hurt each other

for any kind of reason.

We're gonna work together

and give every moment meaning.

We're not gonna hurt each other,

baby that won't be us

And as she held the phone up to her ear

in the middle of the night,

he told her what she needed to hear,

he said “It's gonna be alright.”

Just a few short years later

looking out the window,

he's working as a waiter,

weekends at the rodeo.

His phone rings, just like old times.

He opens it up and then

sets everything else aside.

She's all that matters to him.

And he tells her once again...

Baby I love you forever

and I'm always gonna treasure

every moment, every minute,

and I won't take you for granted.

I won't make you cry

and even when we fight,

I'll always be your lover,

friend, protector, no other.

We're not gonna hurt each other

for any kind of reason.

We're gonna work together

and give every moment meaning.

We're not gonna hurt each other,

baby that won't be us

One day she calls him up on her lunch break

'cause she just needs to rant.

She's taken about all she can take

wants to carry on, but she just can't.

As she pours her heart out over the phone

he says, “baby where are you?”

In fifteen minutes she's not alone

and he knows just what to do.

He gets down on one knee

fumbles with the box and then

when he finally gets out the ring

he asks her to marry him.

He looks into her eyes and says,

Baby I love you forever

and I'm always gonna treasure

every moment, every minute,

and I won't take you for granted.

I won't make you cry

and even when we fight,

I'll always be your lover,

friend, protector, no other.

We're not gonna hurt each other

for any kind of reason.

We're gonna work together

and give every moment meaning.

We're not gonna hurt each other,

baby that won't be us.