If It Did

Love doesn't conquer all
if it did there'd be fewer mothers
greiving over sons who were taken to soon
Love doesn't conquer all
if it did there'd be fewer daughters
looking for love in all the wrong places
who really want someone to listen and love them
Love doesn't conquer all
if it did there'd be fewer sons angry and bitter
because a father who said he was coming "this time"
still hasn't showed up and the game is on the line
Love doesn't conquer all
if it did there'd be fewer addicts
absent at family gatherings and important events
ashamed and shattered hiding from the world
often times found dead because of an overdose
Love doesn't conquer all
if it did there'd be fewer broken hearts
who feel they have nothing to live for
making the sad decision to take their own lives