“Love Is the Foundation” is the title track from the 1973 album by Loretta Lynn. “Love Is the Foundation”, written by William Cody Hall, was Lynn’s seventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.

From the album Love Is the Foundation
B-side “What Sundown Does to You”
Released April 23, 1973
Genre Country
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) William Cody Hall
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn – Love is the Foundation Lyrics
I’ve seen him as he awakens in the morning
He reaches out his hand and without a word
As his fingers softly fall upon my face
He lights the flame of desire and makes me want him
And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Than a lifetime of looking could ever find
And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Than a lifetime of looking could ever find