Writer Dolly Parton Copyright 1968 I give an inch and you take a mile and you tell me to jump and I just ask how high I've been over backwards to show you I care And someone must always give more than their share I say I'm sorry when the fault is not mine And I take the blame for our fights all the time I love you so much and it doesnt seem fair That someone must always give more than their share I know you well enough to know you would never admit you were wrong And you know me well enough to know I give in cause my love is so strong If I give an inch and you take a mile if you tell me to jump well I just ask how high I've been over backwards to show you I care Cause someone must always give more than their share Yes someone must always give more than their share