HOLDING HER AND LOVING YOU
(Walt Aldridge / Tom Brasfield)

Earl Thomas Conley - 1983
Clay Walker - 1999



It's the third hardest thing I'll ever do
Leavin' here without you
And the second hardest thing I'll ever do
Is tellin' her about you

She's been good to me when things were goin' rough
How can I tell here now that good ain't good enough
Oh, the hardest thing I've ever had to do
Is holdin' her and lovin' you

If she'd give me one good reason, I'd be gone
But she ain't done one thing wrong
So don't expect me just to walk out of the door
I still love her, but I love you more

She's been good to me when things weren't goin' right
She made my days long before you made my nights
So, the hardest thing I've ever had to do
Is holdin' her and lovin' you

(Instrumental Break)

Yeah, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
Is holding her and loving you

Girl, the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
Is holdin' her and lovin' you