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Dolly Parton – A Tender Lie (2001) | Track profile | Dork

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Dolly Parton
Little Sparrow
A Tender Lie

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A Tender Lie

Release date: 23rd January 2001

From Little Sparrow

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"A Tender Lie" is a track by Dolly Parton, from the album Little Sparrow, released 23rd January 2001. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Dolly Parton.

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Lyrics

A Tender Lie

[Verse 1]

As you walk away

As we say good-bye

What I wouldn't give

For a tender lie

Say you'll never stop loving me

Just as if it were true

How much more damage now honestly

Could one tender lie do?

When we fall so far

Are we wrong to try?

To keep out the truth

With a tender lie

Say you're going to come back to me

And I'll believe that it's true

How much more damage now honestly

Could one tender lie do?

[Verse 2]

Say you're going to come back to me

And I'll believe that it's true

How much more damage now honestly

Could one tender lie do?

How much more damage now honestly

Could one tender lie do?

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Track details

From Little Sparrow

2001

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Album

Release year

2001

—Little Sparrow (Reprise)
—Beautiful Lie
—I Get a Kick Out of You
—Seven Bridges Road
—Mountain Angel
—Bluer Pastures
—Little Sparrow
—Shine
—A Tender Lie
—I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
—In the Sweet By and By
—Marry Me
—My Blue Tears (2001)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Randy Sharp
Producer: Steve Buckingham
Bass: Barry Bales
Guitar: Bryan Sutton, Jerry Douglas
Autoharp: Steve Buckingham
Fiddle: Stuart Duncan
Harmony Vocals: Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski
Mandolin: Chris Thile