(r. stewart, k. savigar)

On a hot summer's night
In the year of '75
Jimmy doyle took his child bride
Amanda, for a drive
She was only seventeen
He just lived to see her smile
Their commitment to each other
Burned like a forest fire

Otis on the radio singing stand by me
As a trooper pulled them over
And said jimmy where you been
Someone matching your description
Has just robbed the liquor store
Amanda said he's been with me
But they weren't listening anymore

Down at precinct number five
They questioned jimmy through the night
The sheriff said he's gotta stand trial
Armed robbery is the charge
Amanda said this cannot be
Gonna stay right here until you set him free

And I love him
Here to eternity
Forever
Unto eternity
Oh God gave me something
I must hold on to
Gonna hold on him
No matter what you do

The old courthouse was crowded
As the judge reviewed the case
In a year of re-election
He was desperate to impress
Innocent or guilty
He saw an opportunity
To send jimmy down for life
To the penitentiary

Disbelief and anger
As they dragged him away
In a cell below the courthouse
They beat him like a slave
But his use of martial arts
Struck a blow for liberty
Felled a guard with a fist of iron
And killed him instantly

All the press surrounded amanda
Coming down the courthouse steps
Pleading for her young man's life
And in a moment seen by millions
She bowed her head and cried
Show my man some mercy
He's the father of my child

I love him
Here to eternity
Forever
Unto eternity
Oh God gave me something
I must hold on to
Gonna hold on him
No matter what you do
I love him
Here to eternity

Jimmy doyle appeared again
In a second public trail
For the murder of a prison guard
They sentenced him to die
But amanda with her long red hair
Made one last plea
As the court fell into silence
She cried out desperately

This man of mine is innocent
As one day I shall prove
It's an open case of self defense
All this circumstantial evidence
You place before your court
Has robbed me of my husband
Forget I will not

I love him
Here to eternity
Forever
Unto eternity
Oh goodbye my jimmy
'til we meet again
In a better world than this
I swear I'll clear your name
'cos I love you
Here to eternity

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• Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
• All Shook Up
• Another Heartache
• Around The Plynth
• Baby Take Me
• Bad 'n' Ruin
• Beck's Bolero
• Blues De Luxe
• Borstal Boys
• Bright Lights, Big City
• Cindy Incidentally
• Cloud Nine[Doin' Fine]
• Come Home Baby
• Crying Laughing Loving Lying
• Debris
• Devotion
• Don't You Tell Nobody
• Every Time We Say Goodbye
• First I Look at The Purse
• Flags & Banners
• Fly in The Ointment
• Flying
• Girl from Mill Valley
• Glad & Sorry
• Greensleeves
• Hangman's Knee
• Hard Lesson to Learn
• Henry's Time
• Here to Eternity
• How Blue Can You Get[The Blues]
• I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Around Underneath Me
• I Feel So Good
• I Just Got Some
• If I'm on The Late Side
• In My Life
• In My Own Crazy Way
• Jailhouse Rock
• Jerusalem
• Just Another Honky
• Just Like I Treat You
• Keep Your Hands Off Her
• Last Orders Please
• Let Me Love You
• Let The Day Begin
• Looking Out The Window
• Love in The Right Hands
• Love Lives Here
• Love Wars
• Maybe I'm Amazed
• Memphis, Tennessee
• Miss Judy's Farm
• Missed You
• Mopper's Blues
• Morning Dew
• My Fault
• Nobody Knows
• Ol' Man River
• On The Beach
• One Night
• Ooh La La
• Pineapple & The Monkey
• Plynth
• Pool Hall Richard
• Red Hot in Black
• Rice Pudding
• Richmond
• Ruby Tuesday
• Shake, Shudder
• Shock to The System
• Shotgun Wedding
• Silicone Grown
• So Tired
• Spanish Boots
• Stand Back
• Stone
• Tell Everyone
• Ten Days of Rain
• That's All You Need
• That's What Friends Are For
• The Day Will Come
• Three Button Hand Me Down
• Too Bad
• Who's Gonna Take Me Home
• Why Does It Go On?
• Wicked Messenger
• You Put Something Better Inside of Me
• You Shook Me
• You're So Rude