If Loving You Is Wrong Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
If Loving You Is Wrong
Recorded by Hank Thompson
Written by Billy Gray and Hank Thompson
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If loving you is wrong
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then there's nothing right
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s airplanes in the water an
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d submarines i
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If loving you is wrong the
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red bird should be blue
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wall should be the ceiling and
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one and three makes
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two
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trees should all grow upside down the
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sun should be the moon
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All the dogs should turn to cats
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April should be
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June
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inch would be from here to Mars and a
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mile not very long
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e living in a crazy world i
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f loving you i
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then baby nothing's right
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atom bomb would be perfume we'
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d all smoke dy
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namite
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If loving you is wrong the
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ground should be the sky
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we'd miss the wate
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r before the well wen
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dry
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we'd all sleep wide awake we
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€™d never have a dream
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There'd never be a picture on ou
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This
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world is full of people who'l
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l always sing this song
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think the world is crazy if
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loving you is
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wrong
FAQ
Who sang the the song If Loving You Is Wrong?
- The song If Loving You Is Wrong was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.
