The Persuaders: "Thin Line Between Love And Hate" (1971)

The Persuaders are a New York based R&B vocal group, with some fame in the 1970s, best known for their hit single, "Thin Line Between Love and Hate".

According to wikipedia, this disc sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America on 29 October 1971.


- Lyrics:

It's a thin line, between love and hate.
It's a thin line, between love and hate.

It's 5 o'clock in the mornin',
I'm just getting in.
I Knock on the door,(knock, knock, knock)
A voice sweet and low says,
'Who is it'
She opens up the door and let me in
Never once do she say, where you've been
She says,
'Are you hungry, are you hungry honey, did you eat, yeah'
'Let me hang up your coat, the woman tell me, pass me your hat.'
All the time she's smiling; never raises a voice
It's 5 o'clock in the mornin',
I don't give it a second thought.

It's a thin line, between love and hate.
Don't think you can keep breakin your woman's heart.
It's a thin line, between love and hate.
and she'll sit back and enjoy it,
It's a thin line, (yes it is, yes it is), between love and hate.
She goin' fool you one day.

The Sweetest woman in the world,
Could be the meanest woman in the world
(If you make her that way.)
You keep hurtin' her,
She keep being quiet,
She might be holding something inside,
that'll really, really hurt you one day.

Here I am, layin' in the hospital,
Bandaged from feet to head.
In a state of shock,(that much),
Just that much from being dead.
I didn't think my woman would do something like this to me,
Didn't think my girl had the nerve
Here I am; I guess actions speaks louder than words.

It's a thin line, between love and hate.
Don't think you can keep treating your woman ba-a-ad
It's a thin line, between love and hate.
and she won't ever get mad
It's a thin line, (yes it is)between love and hate.
She gonna fool you one day, It's a thin line, every smilin' face
ain't a happy one.


From the album Thin Line Between Love & Hate: Golden Classics