Dolly Parton

Released: September 15, 1975

Songwriter: Dolly Parton

Love can make you feel just like you own the world
Or it can make you wish you've never seen it
The lips of one you love can give you cause for living
Or tell you things, but never really mean it
Once I had a love, I thought that it was mine
Just thought to take it
And all at once he left
And all at once my heart started breaking, breaking

Judging by my love for him
I thought his love for me was just as strong
And all the things he told me
I really thought he meant them all along
But he had no plans to carry out
All these plans that we'd been making
'Cause all at once he left
And all at once my heart started breaking, breaking

Oh all at once I realized
Love can be a cruel and hurtin' thing
It can fill your world with sunshine
But it can also bring you rain
And I know where clouds would gather
In my sunny sky of love
The rain came down, he let me down
He left and my heart started breaking, breaking

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

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