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	Version 1 of Rod Stewart Lyrics Here To Eternity (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/rod-stewart/here-to-eternity/v1.h...) Version 1 of the lyrics						Version 2 of Rod Stewart Lyrics Here To Eternity (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/rod-stewart/here-to-eternity/v2.h...) Version 2 of the lyrics
	On a hot summer's night in the year of '75						On a hot summer's night in the year of '75
1	Jimmy Doyle took his child						Jimmy Doyle took his child bride Amanda for a drive	1
2	bride, Amanda, for a drive						She was only seventeen, he just lived to see her smile	2
3	She was only seventeen he just						Their commitment to each other burned like a forest fire	3
1	lived to see her smile							1
4	Their commitment to each other						Otis on the radio singing, 'Stand by me'	4
5	burned like a forest fire						As       a trooper pulled them over and said, "Jimmy, where you been?"	5
6	Otis in                                       the radio singing " Stand By Me"						Someone matching your description has just robbed the liquor store	6
7	As a trooper pulled them over						Amanda said, "He's been with me", but they weren't listening anymore	7
2	And said Jimmy where you been							2
8	Someone matching your description						Down at precinct number five, they questioned Jimmy through the night	8
9	Has just robbed the liquor store						The sheriff said, "He's gotta stand trial"	9
10	Amanda said " He's been with me"						Armed robbery is the charge, Amanda said, "This cannot be"	10
3	But they weren't listening anymore							3
4	Down at Precinct Number Five They questioned							4
5	Jimmy through the night							5
6	The sheriff said " He's gotta stand trial"							6
7	Armed robbery is the charge							7
8	Amanda said " This cannot be"							8
	Gonna stay right here until you set him free						Gonna stay right here until you set him free
9	And I love him							9
11	Here                   to eternity						I love him, here to eternity	11
12	Forever Unto eternity						Forever, unto eternity	12
13	Oh God gave me something I must hold on to						Oh, God gave me something I must hold on to	13
14	Gonna hold on him						Gonna hold on to him, no matter what you do	14
15	No matter what you do						I love him, here to eternity	15
16	The old courthouse was crowded						Yeah	16
10	As the judge reviewed the case In							10
17	a year of re-election						The old courthouse was crowded as the judge reviewed the case	17
18	He                                was desperate to impress						In a year of re-election, he was desperate to impress	18
19	Innocenct or guilty						Innocent or guilty, he saw an opportunity	19
20	He saw an opportunity						To send Jimmy down for life to the penitentiary	20
11	To send Jimmy down for life							11
21	to the Penitentiary						Disbelief and anger as they dragged him away	21
22	Disbelief and anger						In a cell below the courthouse, they beat him like a slave	22
23	As they dragged him away						But his use of martial arts, struck a blow for liberty	23
24	In a cell below the courthouse						Felled a guard with a fist of iron and killed him instantly	24
12	They beat him like a slave							12
25	But his use of martial arts						All the press surrounded Amanda, coming down the courthouse steps	25
13	Struck a blow for liberty							13
14	Felled a guard with a fist of iron							14
15	And killed him instantly							15
16	All the press surrounded Amanda							16
17	Coming down the courthouse steps							17
	Pleading for her young man's life						Pleading for her young man's life
26	And in a moment seen by millions						And in a moment seen by millions, she bowed her head and cried	26
27	She bowed her head and cried						Show my man some mercy, he's the father of my child	27
18	Show my man some mercy							18
28	He's the father of my child						I love him, here to eternity	28
29	I love him						Forever, unto eternity	29
30	Here to eternity						Oh, God gave me something I must hold on to	30
31	Forever Unto eternity						Gonna hold on to him, no matter what you do	31
32	Oh God gave me something I must hold on to						I love him, here to eternity	32
19	Gonna hold on him							19
33	No matter what you do I love him						Jimmy Doyle appeared again in a second public trail	33
34	Here                                                           to eternity						For the murder of a prison guard, they sentenced him to die	34
35	Jimmy Doyle appeared again						But Amanda with her long red hair made one last plea	35
36	In a second public trail						As the court fell into silence, she cried out desperately	36
20	For the murder of a prison guard							20
37	They sentenced him to die						This man of mine is innocent as one day I shall prove	37
21	But Amanda with her long red hair							21
22	Made one last plea							22
23	As the court fell into silence							23
24	She cried out desperately							24
25	This man of mine is innocent							25
26	As one day I shall prove							26
	It's an open case of self defense						It's an open case of self defense
38	All      this circumstantial evidence						And all this circumstantial evidence you place before your court	38
39	You place before your court						Has robbed me of my husband, forget it I will not	39
27	Has robbed me of my husband							27
40	forget I will not						I love him, here to eternity	40
41	I love him						Forever, unto eternity	41
42	Here to eternity						Oh, goodbye Jimmy 'til we meet again	42
43	Forever Unto eternity						In a better world than this, I swear I'll clear your name	43
44	Oh goodbye Jimmy ' Til we meet again						'Cos I love you, here to eternity	44
45	In a better world than this						Yeah	45
28	I swear I'll clear your name							28
29	' Cos I love you							29
30	Here to eternity							30
31	am I still the same?							31
32	Only a boy laughing aloud,							32
33	quick as a shot, nobody							33
34	can stop.							34
35	Only a boy, plans of his							35
36	own, leaving his home,							36
37	knows where he's going, only a boy.							37
38	only a boy, only a boy, only a boy oh							38

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