Released: September 15, 1975

Songwriter: Dolly Parton

We once were so close
Now the love light that glowed
Has now gone out of our eyes
And the good life we had
For some reason went bad
And the love that once lived here has died

How did we get here? Where did it start?
When did we walk out of each other's hearts?
Where did we lose it? How did love die?
When where and how but most of all why?

Most of all why did we let love die
Like the withering leaves in the fall?
And why did we wait 'til it was too late
To realize how much we'd lost?

How did we get here? Where did it start?
When did we walk out of each other's hearts?
Where did we lose it? How did love die?
When where and how, but most of all why?
When where and how, but most of all why?

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music

Beginning her career as a child performer, Parton issued a few modestly successful singles from 1959 through the mid-1960s, showcasing her distinctive soprano voice. She came to greater prominence in 1967 as a featured performer on singer Porter Wagoner’s weekly television program; their first duet single, a cover of Tom Paxton’s “The Last Thing on My Mind”, was a top-ten hit on the country singles charts, and led to several successful albums before they ended their partnership in 1974. Moving towards mainstream pop music, Parton’s 1977 single “Here You Come Again” was a success on both the country and pop charts. A string of pop-country hits followed into the mid-1980s, the most successful being her 1981 hit 9 to 5" (from the film of the same name), and her 1983 duet with Kenny Rogers “Islands in the Stream”, both of which topped the U.S. pop and country singles charts. A pair of albums recorded with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris were among her later successes. In the late 1990s, Parton returned to classic country/bluegrass with a series of acclaimed recordings