Lyrics to
When Possession Gets Too Strong

This version of When Possession Gets Too Strong was released by Dolly Parton in 1970.

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I can’t live with you when you try to own me
Though you may give me love like I have never known
But if you try to control me then you won’t never know me
And I’ll be movin’ on when possession gets too strong
So love me just for what I am don’t try to change a thing
And I’ll take you just like you are and I’ll expect the same
So if you want to love me you must understand all of me
For I’ll be movin’ on when possession gets too strong
And I have no control over what I feel inside
And I can’t change the way I am and you must be satisfied
So if you think you can’t be without place and chance on me
Then I’ll be movin’ on when possession gets too strong

I have no control…
I’ll be movin’ on when possession gets too strong

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Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides When Possession Gets Too Strong. Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

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About Lyrics and When Possession Gets Too Strong by Dolly Parton

The lyrics for When Possession Gets Too Strong are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Dolly Parton. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to When Possession Gets Too Strong have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for When Possession Gets Too Strong - Dolly Parton and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to When Possession Gets Too Strong by Dolly Parton in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to When Possession Gets Too Strong" means the words set to the music of When Possession Gets Too Strong, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to When Possession Gets Too Strong and the lyrics to When Possession Gets Too Strong are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to When Possession Gets Too Strong, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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