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They were the loving kind |
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She was black and he was white |
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In Virginia, nineteen fifty eight |
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They found love amongst the hate |
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Well, the law said they could not wed |
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They married anyway |
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The sheriff put them both in jail |
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Separated till they made their bail |
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They changed the heart of a nation |
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With their wedding vows |
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From the highest court in the land |
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Their union would lawfully stand |
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Simply Mildred and |
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RichardThat's how they'll be remembered |
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They proved that love is truly blind |
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They were the loving kind |
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The Loving's lived a quiet life |
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In their Virginia home |
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And while the case worked its way through the courts |
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They brought three children to this world |
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Richard died in seventy five |
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Mildred kept their love alive' |
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Till the spring of two thousand eight |
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Fifty years beyond the hate |
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They changed the heart of a nation |
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With their wedding vows |
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From the highest court in the land |
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Their union would lawfully stand |
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Simply Mildred and |
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RichardThat's how they'll be remembered |
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They proved that love is truly blind |
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They were the loving kind |
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They proved that love is truly blind |
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They were the loving kind |
