The Persuaders
Thin Line Between Love and Hate
It's 5 o'clock in the morning
And I'm just getting in, I knock on the door
A voice sweet and low says, who is it?
She opens up the door and lets me in
Never do she once say, sir, where have you been?
No, she says, are you hungry?
Are you hungry, honey? Did you eat yet?
Let me hang up your coat,
And the woman tells me, pass me your hat too
All the time she smiles, never once raises her voice
It's 5 o'clock in the morning
It's a thin line between love and hate..
The sweetest woman in the world
Can be the meanest woman in the world
If you make her that way, you keep on hurting her
She keeps being quiet
She might be holding something inside
That really really hurt you one day
Here I am laying in the hospital
Bandaged from feet to head
Ya see I'm in the state of shock
Just that much from being dead
I didn't think my woman could do something like this to me
I didn't think she had the nerve, so here I am
I guess action speaks louder than words
It's a thin line between love and hate..
The sweetest woman in the world
Can be the meanest woman in the world
If you make her that way, you keep on hurting her
She keeps being quiet
She might be holding something inside
That really really hurt you one day
It's a thin line between love and hate..
It's a thin line, between love and hate
It's a thin line...
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The Persuaders are a New York based soul band, with some fame in the 1970s, known for their hit song "Thin Line Between Love and Hate".
The Persuaders' sound involved close harmony and a heavily- orchestrated soul and rhythm and blues approach, the trademark of the Poindexter Brothers, Richard and Bobby, who produced most of the early 70s hits.
The Persuaders perform to this day, although with a changed lineup that features Richard Poindexter who co-wrote most of their earlier hits including "Thin Line Between Love And Hate", "Peace In The Valley of Love" and "Love's Gonna Pack Up".
The group brought out four albums in the 70s and then in 2006, The Persuaders released a new CD called "Made To Be Loved" on It's Soul Time! Records.
