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Barbara Mandrell

Lovers Friends And Strangers

(# 26 top country album)

Dot DO-2076
May / 1977

Produced by Tom Collins

Cover image of Lovers Friends And Strangers

Reggie Young, Steve Gibson, Jimmy Capps,
Chip Young, Glenn Keener, Stephen Schaffer - guitar
Hal Rugg, John Hughey - steel
Mike Leech - bass
Hayward Bishop, Kenny Malone - drums
Tommy Williams - fiddle
Bobby Thompson - banjo
Bobby Ogden, David Briggs, Hargus Pig Robbins - piano/keyboards
Charley McCoy, Terry McMillan - harmonica
Farrell Morris - vibes/percussion
Strings:
Ann Migliore, Carl Gorodetzky, Donald Christian Teal, Gary Vanosdale,
George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen,
Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith
Vocals:
Holladay Sisters, The Lea Jane Singers
Arrangements by Archie Jordan
Recorded:
Jan/1977, Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville

1.

She's Loved Me Out Of You

Dean Dillon - Gary Harrison

© Pi-Gem Music, BMI

It hurts to know that what we had is gone
The love we shared between us for so long
Now somebody else occupies your time
And takes the love you give that once was mine

But does she say yes when you want her to
Make love when she's feelin' blue
And when you say jump does she ask you how high
When the tears fill your eyes
Does you dry them and make you smile
Well if she can she's loved me out of you

Lookin' back over everything I guess that I'm to blame
And I know there's nothin' I can say'll change a thing
But there's some things that I've just got to know
So let me just ask you this before I go

Does she say yes when you want her to
Make love when she's feelin' blue
And when you say jump does she ask you how high
When the tears fill your eyes
Does you dry them and make you smile
Well if she can she's loved me out of you

Des she say yes when you want her to...

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2.

(# 3 country hit)

Married But Not To Each Other

Denise LaSalle - Frances Miller

© Ordene Music, BMI

You know sometimes in your life
You may find it hurts to be in love
Specially when you and the one you love
Already belong to somebody else

You're tied to her and I'm tied to him
And we don't wanna hurt either one of them
And that's how it is

When you're married but not to each other
You gotta go home in the middle of the night
Try and pretend every things alright
But it ain't no it ain't

When you're married but not to each other
Make believe that you've been good
Give your love to the one you should
But you can't no you can't

Cause you're tied to her I'm tied to him
We don't wanna hurt either one of them
So what can you do what can you do

When you're married but not to each other
You gotta be careful everywhere you go
Tryin' to avoid everyone you know
Cause people talk you know they talk

When you're married but not to each other
You've gotta make up alibis
Hopin' they don't sound like lies
Cause if you get caught and you might get caught

Hurry up and love him hurry up and please him
And when it gets right you've got to leave him
You better leave him

Cause you're tied to her I'm tied to him
We don't wanna hurt either one of them
That's how it is that's how it is
When you're married but not to each other
Hurry up and love him hurry up and please him
And when it gets right you've got to leave him
You better leave him

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3.

This Is Not Another Cheatin' Song

Joe Maphis - Rose Lee Maphis

© Cumberland Music, BMI

The mornin' light was shinin' through the motel blind
As I shook my head and tried to clear my mind
Thoughts goin' back to the night before
Scattered round the room were the clothes we wore

The party was to last till almost break of day
But I just couldn't wait so we slipped away
We hung a don't disturb sign on our door
And we found the love that we'd been waitin' for

This is not another cheatin' song
He's lyin' here beside me but nothin's wrong
He's my man here's where I belong
No this is not another cheatin' song

This is not another cheatin' song
Though two arms hold me tightly so warm and strong
It's not a motel thing cause I wear his wedding ring
No this is not another cheatin' song
This is not another cheatin' song

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4.

How Long Does It Take

Dean Dillon

© Pi-Gem Music, BMI

I read your note again this morning
The one you left some time ago
It said you weren't sure about our relation
But when you've found out you'll let me know

How long does it take to think things over
How long does it take you to make up your mind
This waitin' and anticipatin' is drivin' me crazy
One way or another I wish you'd make up your mind
How long does it take to think things over

I check the mailbox every morning
I leave the light on every night
And every time I hear the phone ring
I'm prayin' it's you that's on the line

How long does it take to think things over
How long does it take you to make up your mind
This waitin' and anticipatin' is drivin' me crazy
One way or another I wish you'd make up your mind
How long does it take to think things over

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5.

Bedroom Reunion

Dean Dillon - Johnny McCollum

© Pi-Gem Music, BMI

From one town to another takes so long
Seems he'll never make it home
And from the kitchen to the bedroom
Seems a thousand miles to her when he's gone

So she pauses in the hallway to check her watch
And count the hours and the minutes
Cause she knows that he's countin' down
To Hot Springs City limits

It's a bedroom reunion in Hot Springs tonight
For an Arkansas truck driver and his Arkansas wife
Whose only thought is satisfaction for the one man in her life
It's a bedroom reunion in Hot Springs tonight

Anxiously she awaits
As the clock on the wall is strikin' ten pm
The rhythm of the footsteps on the sidewalk
Tells her that it's him

He's been gone now since Monday
Just three days but it seems a month ago
And she's longin' for the kind of love
He always gives when he comes off the road

It's a bedroom reunion in Hot Springs tonight
For an Arkansas truck driver and his Arkansas wife
Whose only thought is satisfaction for the one man in her life
It's a bedroom reunion in Hot Springs tonight
It's a bedroom reunion in Hot Springs tonight

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6.

(# 12 country hit)

Hold Me

Glenn Ray

© Gator Music, SESAC

Hold me
Let me be a little girl again
Don't want a lover now I need a friend
And a warm safe place to be

Hold me
Don't want to talk and I don't want to smile
I only want to hide and rest awhile
And have you holdin' me

I don't want to think about the world outside your arms
And everything it calls on me to do
I'm all out of giving let me take just for a minute
Sometimes I need to be a baby too

And have you hold me
Let me be a little girl again
Don't want a lover now I need a friend
And a warm safe place to be

Hold me
Don't want to talk and I don't want to smile
I only want to hide and rest awhile
And have you holdin' me

Just hold me
Don't want to talk and I don't want to smile
I only want to hide and rest awhile
And have you holdin' me

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7.

We Are The One

Kent M. Robbins

© Pi-Gem Music, BMI

When you find the right love
And know that the others are all wrong
You don't just hear the music
You even write the song

And lyin' in the darkness
We're like diamonds in the sun
And nothin's holy as the union
When two become one

We are the one we're the other half of each other
We are the one we are the one in one another

Yes when you find the right love
It's just like finding the truth
Cause then you've got the power
To spend forever in your youth

And lyin' in the flowers
In the meadows where you run
And nothin's natural as the union
When two become one

We are the one we're the other half of each other
We are the one we are the one in one another

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8.

After The Lovin'

Alan Bernstein - Ritchie Adams - Richard Zigler

© Silver Blue Music, ASCAP

So you sing me to sleep after the lovin'
With a song you just wrote yesterday
And yes I can hear
What the words and the music have to say

It's so hard to explain everything that I'm feelin'
Face to face I just seem to go dry
But I love you so much
That the sound of your voice can get me high

Thanks for takin' me on a one way trip to the sun
And thanks for turnin' me into a someone

So you sing me to sleep after the lovin'
I brush back the hair from your eyes
And the love on your face
Is so real that it makes me wanna cry

And I know that your song isn't saying anything new
Oh but after the lovin' I'm still in love with you

So you sing me to sleep after the lovin'
I brush back the hair from your eyes
And the love on your face
Is so real that it makes me wanna cry

And I know that your song isn't saying anything new
Oh but after the lovin' I'm still in love with you
Yes after the lovin' I'm still in love with you
Hmmm after the lovin' I'm still in love with you

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9.

Lovers Friends And Strangers

Kent M. Robbins

© Pi-Gem Music, BMI

Looking back into the world we knew
When love was such a sweet surprise
Wasn't it beautiful how strangers came to love
Like magic right before our eyes

Strangers become friends and friends become lovers
But the same fire that warms the heart can burn
Then it's lovers friends strangers again
Ain't it funny how the circle turns

Looking back I'd do it all again
Although the story's sad but true
Even lovers can be strangers again
But stranger still I keep on loving you

Strangers become friends and friends become lovers
But the same fire that warms the heart can burn
Then it's lovers friends strangers again
Ain't it funny how the circle turns
Ain't it funny how the circle turns

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10.

Let My Man Go Jesus

Don Devaney

© Chess Music, ASCAP

Let my man go Jesus take away his pain
Let him stay with me Lord I don't mean to complain
Let my man go Jesus cause I need him too
Do this one thing for me Jesus I'll do a thousand things for you

He can't end up into Heaven he's not angel stuff
But they tell me he's so sick Lord the doctor's given up
So what you're hearin' is me Lord on my knees in prayer
Cause I need him more here with me than you need him up there

Let my man go Jesus take away his pain
Let him stay with me Lord I don't mean to complain
Please let my man go Jesus cause I need him too
Do this one thing for me Jesus I'll do a thousand things for you

(Let my man go Jesus) Please let my man go Jesus
(Take away his pain) You've always heard me when I pray
(Let him stay with me Lord) And I know that I'm askin' a lot Lord
(I don't mean to complain) But please let him stay
Please let my man go Jesus 'cause I need him too
Do this one thing for me Jesus I'll do a thousand things for you

Let my man go Jesus take away his pain...

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