Earl Thomas Conley – Holding Her and Loving You, is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in August 1983 as the second single from the album Don’t Make It Easy for Me. The song was Conley’s fourth number one country single. A music video for the song was released and has been seen on GAC.

The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. Since it became available for download, the song has sold 156,000 copies as of April 2019.

Earl Thomas Conley – Holding Her and Loving You
From the album Don’t Make It Easy for Me
B-side «Home So Fine»
Released August 1983
Genre Country
Length 3:09
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Walt Aldridge Tom Brasfield
Producer(s) Nelson Larkin, Earl Thomas Conley

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Earl Thomas Conley – Holding Her and Loving You Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

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

[Verse 2]
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 to just walk out of the door
I still love her, but I love you more

[Chorus]
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’ll ever have to do
Is holdin’ her and lovin’ you

[Outro]
Yeah, the hardest thing I’ll ever have to do
Is holdin’ her and lovin’ you
Girl, the hardest thing I’ll ever have to do
Is holdin’ her and lovin’ you

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