The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Gladys Knight & The Pips Written
by Jim Weatherly
- entered the Billboard Top 40 the week of March 9,
1974 and stayed for 13 weeks, peaking at #3 the week of April 27, 1974 -
soul cover version of Ray Price's #83 country ballad from 1973 - a version
by The Persuaders, released March 2, 1974, reached #85
I've had my share
of life's ups and downs But fate's been kind, the downs have been few I
guess you could say that I've been lucky Well, I guess you could say that
it's all because of you
If anyone should ever write my life story For
whatever reason there might be Ooo, you'll be there between each line of pain
and glory 'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me Ah, you're
the best thing that ever happened to me
Oh, there have been times when
times were hard But always somehow I made it, I made it through 'Cause
for every moment that I've spent hurting There was a moment that I spent,
ah, just loving you
If anyone should ever write my life story For
whatever reason there might be Oh, you'll be there between each line of pain
and glory 'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me Oh, you're
the best thing that ever happened to me I know, you're the best thing, oh,
that ever happened to me
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