[Verse 1: Dolly Parton, Richard Dennison, Both]
Mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm
I blush at the thoughts I have when I'm with you
Can't hardly express how I feel
I want to hit you, I want to kiss you
A mixed bag of feelings so real
I've never felt it, how can I accept it?
Are we lovers, something other friends?
All I know for certain, it's a good kind of hurtin'
Is it love, is lust that we're in?

[Chorus: Dolly Parton, Richard Dennison, Both]
Love or lust
Do we doubt, do we trust?
Whatever it is, it's stronger than us
It's both, I suppose
Where it ends, heavens knows
But we feel it with each look and touch
What is it? Which is it?
Truly don't know
I suppose though that with any luck
The glow won't diminish
And we'll go til we finish
Whether it's lovе or lust
Hmm-mm
Hmm
[Chorus: Dolly Parton, Richard Dennison, Both]
Love or lust
Do we doubt, do we trust?
Whatеver it is, it's stronger than us
It's both, I suppose
Where it ends, heavens knows
But we feel it with each look and touch
What is it? Which is it?
I truly don't know
I suppose though that with any luck
The glow won't diminish
And we'll go til we're finished
Whether it's love or lust

[Outro: Dolly Parton, Richard Dennison, Both]
Whether it's love or it's lust
Time will tell if it's love or it's lust
And I'd like to believe it's love (Let's believe)
Is it lust?
And I'd like to believe (I believe)
It's love