♫ Three Times A Lady ♫ (Redux)

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Okay, so tonight I have a special song request from some character named Filosofa … oh wait … that’s ME!  Yep, folks, I’m in the mood for some Lionel Richie tonight, and so I’m treating myself!  I hope you guys like it as much as I do!

Three Times a Lady, released in 1978, was written by Lionel Richie who said …

“I wrote it back in 1978 and it was a very personal meaning to me. I attended the wedding anniversary of my parents and my father made a speech about how much he loved my mother and appreciated the way she had stood beside him for 37 years. It was beautiful and I started to think about my own life and how my wife stands by me, how she does so many things without being asked or thanked. So, I wrote ‘Three Times A Lady’ as a dedication to my wife and my mother. I think my next door neighbor summed it up when she said that if a man wanted to buy her a present, all he need do is buy her that record and he wouldn’t have to say anything else.”

Awwww … doesn’t it bring a tear to your eye?  Ladies, if you are ever lucky enough to have a man say that to you, hold him tight and never let him go, for he’s a keeper!  Well … maybe.  This song was released in 1978 and in 1993, Lionel and his wife, Brenda Harvey, divorced after she was arrested for “corporal injury to a spouse, resisting arrest, trespassing, vandalism, battery, and disturbing the peace” after finding Lionel at someone else’s apartment.  Okay, perhaps my next song should be Chad & Jeremy’s A Summer Song that has a line …

“They say that all good things must end someday …”

This was the first #1 hit Lionel Richie wrote, but far from his last: he wrote songs that were #1 US hits in each of the next seven years, giving him the record for most consecutive #1 songs by a songwriter who was never a Beatle (Paul McCartney wrote songs that went to #1 1964-1971).  In the UK, this was #1 for five weeks. It was the biggest UK hit for Motown Records.

Three Times a Lady
Commodores

Thanks for the times that you’ve given me
The memories are all in mind
And now that we’ve come
To the end of our rainbow
There’s something I must say out loud!

Your once, twice
Three times a lady
And I love you
Yes, your once, twice
Three times a lady
And I love you!

You shared my dreams
My joys
My pains
You made my life worth living for
And if I had to live my life over again, dear
I’d spend each and every moment with you

Your once, twice
Three times a lady
And I love you
Yes, your once, twice
Three times a lady
And I love you!

When we are together
The moments I cherish
With every beat of my heart
To touch you, to hold you
To feel you, to need you
There’s nothing to keep us apart
You’re once, twice
Three times a lady
And I love you!
I love you !

Songwriters: Lionel Richie
Three Times a Lady lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

22 thoughts on “♫ Three Times A Lady ♫ (Redux)”

    • I am so happy to know this song brought joy into your evening at the end of a busy day! Hope you are feeling well and perky! Now listen to it again right before going to bed so you can sleep with a smile on your face! 🌞

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      • Ha, ha. I didn’t listen to it last night but did wake with some confusion on my face this morning. I dreamed I was making a quilt and had just finished it when the aide woke me at 5 a.m. to take a pill that I ouuld easily take last night. Jumped up to look for that quilt but it wasn’t here and she woke me before I got a good look at the one in my dream. All I remember is that it was in shades of blue but can’t remember the pattern. And after all those hours spent cutting it out, sewing the top together and then hand quilting it in my sleep! There’s no justice in the dream world — but at least I slept a good 9 hours even if they were busy hours.

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  3. Jill, Lionel Ritchie wrote quite a few love songs. This is one of his better ones, especially with the added context you offered. Plus, he had some cool upbeat songs as a Commodore and solo performer. Keith

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  4. SCHMALTZY!
    I mean no disrespect, but in the moment guys (and probably gals) will say anything, then 15 minutes later they will be trash-talking women when they think no one can overhear.
    It’s what makes me hate most men. I’ve heard too much of it, witnessed too much of it. Guys who know the women are friends of mine, but they think I am trustworthy because I am a guy — just like them. NOT!
    There are nice guys, granted. But they are few and far between.
    And so webelieve what we want to believe, and sometimes it’s even true. But time wounds all heels. And change is constant…

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