Friends and Lovers

Album: Friends and Lovers (1986)
Charted: 2
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  • Oooooh

    What would you think if I told you
    I've always wanted to hold you?
    I don't know what we're afraid of
    Nothing would change if we made love

    So I'll be your friend
    And I'll be your lover
    'Cause I know in our hearts we agree
    We don't have to be one or the other
    Oh no, we could be both to each other

    Yes, it's a chance that we're taking
    And somebody's heart may be breaking
    Ooh, but we can't stop what's inside us
    Our love for each other will guide us

    So I'll be your friend
    And I'll be your lover
    'Cause I know in our hearts we agree
    We don't have to be one or the other

    I've been through you and you've been through me
    Sometimes, a friend is the hardest to see
    Mm, we always know when it's laid on the line
    Nobody else is as easy to find

    So I'll be your friend
    (I'll) And I'll be (be) your lover
    'Cause I'll be, I'll be your friend
    (I'll) And I'll be (be) your lover
    'Cause I know in our hearts we agree
    We don't have to be one or the other
    Oh no, we could be both to each other Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, Nyon this day in 1986 {September 27th} Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson performed "Friends and Lovers" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
    The song was at #2 on the Top 100 at the time {See note below}...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1986 {September 21st} "Friends and Lovers" by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson peaked at #2 {for two weeks} on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the two weeks "Friends and Lovers" was at #2, the #1 record for those two weeks was "Stuck With You" by Huey Lewis and The News..
    The record spent twenty one weeks on the Top 100 chart...
    And on August 31st, 1986 the song peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Gloria Loring, as a solo artist, had one Top 100 record, "Brooklyn", it reached #74 on April 24th, 1977, her record label, Atco Records, released the record under the name of Cody Jameson...
    Carl Anderson passed away at the young age of 58 on February 23rd, 2004 {leukemia}...
    May he R.I.P.
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