The Loving Kind Lyrics - The Loving Kind - Nanci Griffith

They were the loving kind 

She was black and he was white 

In Virginia, nineteen fifty eight 

They found love amongst the hate 

Well, the law said they could not wed 

They married anyway 

The sheriff put them both in jail 

Separated till they made their bail 

They changed the heart of a nation 

With their wedding vows 

From the highest court in the land 

Their union would lawfully stand 

Simply Mildred and Richard 

That's how they'll be remembered 

They proved that love is truly blind 

They were the loving kind 

The Loving's lived a quiet life 

In their Virginia home 

And while the case worked its way through the courts 

They brought three children to this world 

Richard died in seventy five 

Mildred kept their love alive 

'Till the spring of two thousand eight 

Fifty years beyond the hate 

They changed the heart of a nation 

With their wedding vows 

From the highest court in the land 

Their union would lawfully stand 

Simply Mildred and Richard 

That's how they'll be remembered 

They proved that love is truly blind 

They were the loving kind 

They proved that love is truly blind 

They were the loving kind