# What is the best song that begins with the letter L? Please limit to 3 submissions or less **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [October 21, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881 "2023-10-21T12:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/121 "2023-11-07T04:05:37Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > _Loving Her was Easier than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again_ by Kris Kristofferson Anita Carter did a killer cover (with some wording changes. Johnny Cash introduces here as the “greatest singing voice in country music today” (1972). Maybe he was a little biased, but she’s certainly one of the most underrated from that time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hWxIbSe1k0M/maxresdefault.jpg "Anita Carter - Lovin' Him Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again (1972)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxIbSe1k0M) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881/122 "2023-11-07T16:13:06Z")
Anita Carter has a beautiful voice here, but the tempo of the song is all wrong. It’s not supposed to be so cheerful and bouncy. It’s a song about painful and bittersweet loss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881.md?page=6)