It Takes A Man

She locked her fingers and bowed her head

She said, "I'm late and I'm really scared"

Now you can go but I hope you stay

I'm gonna keep it either way

In my daddy's El Camino

In her driveway in the rain

Starin' through that windshield

I could see my future change

And my heart hit like a hammer

And my thoughts were runnin' wild

Any fool can make a baby

But it takes a man to raise a child

I laid my head down on the wheel

She said, "I know, I know it don't seem real"

She closed her eyes but the tears flowed through

She said, "Don't hate me for lovin' you"

In my daddy's El Camino

In her driveway in the rain

Starin' through that windshield

I could see my future change

And my heart hit like a hammer

And my thoughts were runnin' wild

Any fool can make a baby

But it takes a man to raise a child

Oh, I could not reassure her

I couldn't say what I had planed

Couldn't put three words together

So I just took her hand

In my daddy's El Camino

In her driveway in the rain

Starin' through that windshield

I could see my future change

And my heart hit like a hammer

And my thoughts were runnin' wild

Any fool can make a baby

But it takes a man to raise a child