Telling Me Lies

"Telling Me Lies"
Single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
from the album Trio
B-side	"Rosewood Casket"
Released	May 11, 1987
Recorded	1986
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Betsy Cook Linda Thompson
Producer(s)	George Massenburg
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris singles chronology
"To Know Him Is to Love Him" (1987) "Telling Me Lies" (1987) "Those Memories of You" (1987)

"Telling Me Lies" is a song written by Linda Thompson and Betsy Cook and recorded by Thompson for her 1985 album One Clear Moment, her first solo album, after divorcing husband and former collaborator Richard Thompson). The song was covered by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on their 1987 collaboration album Trio and released as the album's second single. It reached the top ten on the U.S. country singles charts in the fall of 1987. Thompson and Cook were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988.

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