Holding her and loving you (US Country 1, 1983)     (video)

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1. It's the third hardest thing I'll ever do

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leaving here without you.

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And the second hardest thing I'll ever do

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is telling her about you.

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She's been good to me when things were going rough,

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how can I tell her now, good ain't good enough ?

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Oh, the hardest thing I've ever had to do

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is holding her, and loving you.

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2. If she'd give me one good reason I'd be gone,

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but she ain't done one thing wrong.

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So don't expect me to just walk out of the door,

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I still love her, but I love you more.

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She's been good to me when things weren't going right,

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she made my days long before you made my nights.

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Oh, the hardest thing I've ever had to do

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is holding her, and loving you.

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+ Yeah, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do

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is holding her, and loving you.

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Girl, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do

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is holding her, and loving you.

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(Earl Thomas Conley)