You can’t stop a song
if it’s got to be sung.
You can’t stop the rain
when it’s ready to come.
You can’t tell the tide to turn,
can’t turn around the wind.
You can’t stop the man who
knows he’s destined to win.

You can’t tell the rose
that it can’t grow red.
Can’t tell the midnight
when it’s time to go to bed.
Can’t tell our kiss
when it’s time to stop.
What God has put together,
let no man tear apart.

Etched in stone,
standin’ on the rock,
the rock of love.
Safe from the storm.
Far above the flood.
Etched in stone,
carved in a tree, T.L.F.E.
True love forever.
The girl and me.

You can’t ask the fire if
it’s alright for it to burn
You can’t negotiate with the
world when it knows
that it needs to turn.
You can’t tell little children
not to play, or not to cry.
You just can’t cage the
Bird of Paradise when
it’s ready to fly.

Etched in stone,
standin’ on the rock,
the rock of love,
safe from the storm,
high above the flood.
Etched in stone,
carved in a tree, T.L.F.E.
True love forever.
The girl and me.

Standin’ on the
rock of love with her.
Etched in stone
and carved in granite,
anyplace on this planet.
Standing on the
rock of love with her.

You can’t tell the rock
that it’s got to be moved.
You can’t tell the facts
that they just aren’t true.
You can’t tell love
where it can grow up,
‘cause, love knows where it lives,
and it lives with me in her.

Standin’ on the
rock of love with her,
Etched in stone
and carved in granite,
anyplace on this planet.

Standin’ on the rock of love with her.