- published: 06 Oct 2011
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Mac Davis (born January 21, 1942) is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success. His early work writing for Elvis Presley produced multiple number one hits (including "Memories", "In The Ghetto", and the latently popular "A Little Less Conversation"), and a subsequent solo career in the late 1970s made him a well-known name in pop music. He has starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, and various films.
Davis initially became famous as a songwriter and got his start as an employee of Nancy Sinatra's company, Boots Enterprises, Inc. Davis was with Boots for several years in the late 1960s. During his time there, he played on many of Sinatra's recordings and she put him in her stage shows. Boots Enterprises was also Davis' publishing company, publishing songs such as "In the Ghetto", "Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife", "Home", "It's Such a Lonely Time of Year", and "Memories", which were recorded by Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra and others. Davis left Boots Enterprises in 1970 to sign with Columbia Records, taking his songs with him.
If you add all the love in the world
Take away the hate and the pain
There'll still be some love left over
And that's what gives us hope
Nothing that's grown from love alone
Could ever see the bad side
They're on the right side of love
Completely
And some people live by love alone
Others live by hate
Me, I just stay in between
Cause I know
If you add all the love in the world
Take away the hate and the pain
There'll still be some love left over
There'll still be some love left over
And if you add all the times that you heal
Take away all the times that you don't
There'll still be some love left over
And that's what gives us hope
If you've got a plan for living, man
You better get things moving
Or you'll be losing your way to freedom
And some people tell the world about love
And others just say nothing
Me, I just stay in between
Cause I know
If you add all the love in the world
Take away the hate and the pain
There'll still be some love left over
There'll still be some love left over
And if you add all the times that you heal
And take away all the times that you don't
There'll still be some love left over
And that's what gives us hope
If you add all the love in the world
Take away the hate and the pain